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Asked: 2026-06-04T23:20:41+00:00

I have following query, but it doesn’t return any results for where clauses, even

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I have following query, but it doesn’t return any results for where clauses, even when there is row with that kind of name what is queried. If I remove where clause, then all records in Company table which have OfficeLocation table are returned. What is wrong in my query?

SELECT c.* 
FROM        [MyDb].[dbo].[Company] AS c
INNER JOIN  [MyDb].[dbo].[CompanyOfficeLocation] AS col ON c.Id = col.CompanyId
INNER JOIN  [MyDb].[dbo].[OfficeLocation] AS ol ON ol.Id = col.OfficeLocationId
WHERE ol.Name like '%Actual Name In This Table%';

Table structure :

Company
    Id
    etc ...

CompanyOfficeLocation
    CompanyId
    OfficeLocationId

OfficeLocation
    Id
    etc ...
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  1. Editorial Team

    Two things for a record to show up given your query:

    1. The OfficeLocation you specified (given the ol.Name value) must have an Id value that is used by a record in the CompanyOfficeLocation table in its OfficeLocationId.

    2. The CompanyOfficeLocation record that you got in #1 must have a CompanyId that exists in the Company table.

    If any of those two criteria are not met, then no records will show up in your query result. The INNER JOIN is essentially an ‘AND’ clause. If a record could not be related to at least one INNER JOINed table, then that record will not show up at all.

    If you want a record to show up despite not having any related records in the joined tables, you may want to consider using OUTER JOINs. A RIGHT JOIN in your case to be exact.

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