-- Migrated from DuckDB test: test/sql/join/ NULL handling tests -- Tests join behavior with NULL values CREATE TABLE table_with_nulls("id" INTEGER, "value" VARCHAR, "category" INTEGER, ts TIMESTAMP TIME INDEX); Affected Rows: 0 CREATE TABLE lookup_table("category" INTEGER, cat_name VARCHAR, priority INTEGER, ts TIMESTAMP TIME INDEX); Affected Rows: 0 INSERT INTO table_with_nulls VALUES (1, 'item1', 1, 1000), (2, 'item2', NULL, 2000), (3, 'item3', 2, 3000), (4, 'item4', NULL, 4000), (5, 'item5', 3, 5000), (6, 'item6', 1, 6000); Affected Rows: 6 INSERT INTO lookup_table VALUES (1, 'Category A', 1, 1000), (2, 'Category B', 2, 2000), (3, 'Category C', 3, 3000), (NULL, 'Unknown', 0, 4000); Affected Rows: 4 -- Inner join with NULLs (NULLs won't match) SELECT t."id", t."value", l.cat_name FROM table_with_nulls t INNER JOIN lookup_table l ON t.category = l.category ORDER BY t."id"; +----+-------+------------+ | id | value | cat_name | +----+-------+------------+ | 1 | item1 | Category A | | 3 | item3 | Category B | | 5 | item5 | Category C | | 6 | item6 | Category A | +----+-------+------------+ -- Left join with NULLs SELECT t."id", t."value", t.category, COALESCE(l.cat_name, 'No Category') as category_name FROM table_with_nulls t LEFT JOIN lookup_table l ON t.category = l.category ORDER BY t."id"; +----+-------+----------+---------------+ | id | value | category | category_name | +----+-------+----------+---------------+ | 1 | item1 | 1 | Category A | | 2 | item2 | | No Category | | 3 | item3 | 2 | Category B | | 4 | item4 | | No Category | | 5 | item5 | 3 | Category C | | 6 | item6 | 1 | Category A | +----+-------+----------+---------------+ -- Join with explicit NULL handling SELECT t."id", t."value", CASE WHEN t.category IS NULL THEN 'NULL Category' WHEN l.cat_name IS NULL THEN 'Missing Lookup' ELSE l.cat_name END as resolved_category FROM table_with_nulls t LEFT JOIN lookup_table l ON t.category = l.category ORDER BY t."id"; +----+-------+-------------------+ | id | value | resolved_category | +----+-------+-------------------+ | 1 | item1 | Category A | | 2 | item2 | NULL Category | | 3 | item3 | Category B | | 4 | item4 | NULL Category | | 5 | item5 | Category C | | 6 | item6 | Category A | +----+-------+-------------------+ -- NULL-safe join using COALESCE SELECT t."id", t."value", l.cat_name FROM table_with_nulls t INNER JOIN lookup_table l ON COALESCE(t.category, -1) = COALESCE(l.category, -1) ORDER BY t."id"; +----+-------+------------+ | id | value | cat_name | +----+-------+------------+ | 1 | item1 | Category A | | 2 | item2 | Unknown | | 3 | item3 | Category B | | 4 | item4 | Unknown | | 5 | item5 | Category C | | 6 | item6 | Category A | +----+-------+------------+ -- Aggregation with NULL join results SELECT COALESCE(l.cat_name, 'Uncategorized') as category, COUNT(*) as item_count, COUNT(l.category) as matched_count, COUNT(*) - COUNT(l.category) as unmatched_count FROM table_with_nulls t LEFT JOIN lookup_table l ON t.category = l.category GROUP BY l.cat_name ORDER BY item_count DESC, category DESC; +---------------+------------+---------------+-----------------+ | category | item_count | matched_count | unmatched_count | +---------------+------------+---------------+-----------------+ | Uncategorized | 2 | 0 | 2 | | Category A | 2 | 2 | 0 | | Category C | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Category B | 1 | 1 | 0 | +---------------+------------+---------------+-----------------+ DROP TABLE table_with_nulls; Affected Rows: 0 DROP TABLE lookup_table; Affected Rows: 0