I need to JOIN using a linking table - sql

Question

The three tables are as follows:
CREATE TABLE Artist
(
ArtistKey char(20) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
ArtistName varchar(50) NOT NULL
)
CREATE TABLE AlbumInfo
(
AlbumInfoKey char(20) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
AlbumTitle varchar(50) NOT NULL,
AlbumDate date NULL,
AlbumStudio varchar(50) NULL
)
CREATE TABLE AlbumArtist
(
AlbumInfoKey char(20) NOT NULL,
ArtistKey char(20) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
AlbumInfoKey ASC,
ArtistKey ASC
))
My objective is to list all of the artists and their albums. I can't seem to get anything to work.
I have tried:
SELECT
Artist.ArtistName,
AlbumInfo.AlbumTitle
FROM Artist
JOIN AlbumArtist
ON Artist.ArtistKey = AlbumArtist.ArtistKey
JOIN AlbumInfo
On AlbumInfo.AlbumInfoKey = AlbumArtist.AlbumInfoKey
However this gives me back nothing not even an error.

Answer 1

Alright, I had to re-do your whole task, and I have come up with more professional, and better way of managing database. You need to drop those tables, and re-do whole thing like show in code below :
--First create Artist table
CREATE TABLE Artist
(
Artist_key int PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
ArtistName varchar(50) NOT NULL,
);
--Then create Album table
CREATE TABLE AlbumInfo
(
Album_key int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
AlbumTitle varchar(50) NOT NULL,
AlbumDate date NULL,
AlbumStudio varchar(50) NULL,
Artist_key int FOREIGN KEY (Artist_key) REFERENCES Artist(Artist_key)
);
-- Must have Artist data before referencing in the album table
INSERT into Artist (ArtistName) values ('John')
INSERT into AlbumInfo (AlbumTitle,AlbumDate,AlbumStudio,Artist_key) values ('ABC3','2020-6-12','Def3',(select Artist_key from Artist where Artist_key = 1 ))
--test if data has been inserted
SELECT * FROM Artist
SELECT * FROM AlbumInfo
-- And finally this query will show the Artist with their relevant Albums
SELECT ArtistName,af.AlbumTitle,AlbumStudio from Artist a join AlbumInfo af on af.Artist_key = a.Artist_key
And the result is :