1 Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death in the U.S., behind heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and unintentional injuries. 2  About 130,000 Americans die every year from stroke. 3  Every year, 795,000 individuals have a stroke in the United States. 4  Someone in the U.S. dies every 4 minutes from stroke.
A cross join is used when you wish to create combination of every row from two tables. All row combinations are included in the result; this is commonly called cross product join. A common use for a cross join is to create obtain all combinations of items, such as colors and sizes. Note: The series starts with the article Introduction to Database Joins. All the examples for this lesson are based on Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and the AdventureWorks2012 database.
SQL. 1  Ask for a good use for a self join. Bonus points if interviewee can come up with more than one. 2  Define cross join. 3  Give an example where an outer join would be used, and write the statement. 4  Provide a...