Select statement where joins causing records to be excluded - sql

Question

I have the below query with multiple joins.The last 3 joins are required to get the g.fin_id value. This works fine (see results) BUT because some records in the ACCUM_ISS_CHAR_HIST table have e.char9_nme values of NULL, it excludes the records in the results altogether. So it seems as when the e.char9_nme value has a record then it will produce a result, but as soon as it has a Null value then it is excluded. I would still like to see the records even though the g.fin_id for those will then be blank because they have a e.char9_nme value of Null. How can I change the query to accomplish this?
select
a.acct_id,
c.fld3_txt,
b.issue_loc1_cde,
b.instr_id,
a.fld1_nme,
b.issue_cls2_nme,
g.fin_id,
e.char9_nme
from position_dg as a
inner join
infoportal..issue_dg as b on b.INSTR_ID = a.INSTR_ID
inner join
InfoPortal..IVW_ACCT as c on a.acct_id = c.acct_id
inner join
InfoPortal..DW_AcctCharDG as d on a.acct_id = d.acctid
inner join
ACCUM_ISS_CHAR_HIST as e on a.instr_id = e.instr_id
inner join
MD_FINANCIAL_ENTITY as f on e.char9_nme = f.fin_enty_name
inner join md_FINANCIAL_ENTITY_ALTERNATE_IDENTIFIER as g on
f.fin_enty_id = g.fin_enty_id
and b.MAT_EXP_DTE > getdate()
and b.issue_cls1_nme = 'Derivatives'
and a.as_of_tms >= getdate()-1
and b.iss_typ in ('FFX','IRS','EQF')
and d.AcctChrSetId = 'DerivativeRpt'
and d.EndTms IS NULL
and a.acct_id = 'FOGEMBLCR'
and g.id_ctxt_typ = 'LEGAL_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER'
and e.as_of_dte = (
select MAX (as_of_dte)-1
from accum_iss_char_hist
)
I expect the results to show fin_id records for some ond blank fin_id records for some, but at the moment only the ones with a fin_id record is hown and the rest is excluded from the results.

Answer 1

You are looking for a left join.
Join all those tables (last 3 as you said) as left join. For better clarity I have moved conditions of every tables in their ON clause and for base table a made a where clause.
select
a.acct_id,
c.fld3_txt,
b.issue_loc1_cde,
b.instr_id,
a.fld1_nme,
b.issue_cls2_nme,
g.fin_id,
e.char9_nme
from position_dg as a
inner join
infoportal..issue_dg as b on b.INSTR_ID = a.INSTR_ID
and b.MAT_EXP_DTE > getdate()
and b.issue_cls1_nme = 'Derivatives'
and b.iss_typ in ('FFX','IRS','EQF')
inner join
InfoPortal..IVW_ACCT as c on a.acct_id = c.acct_id
inner join
InfoPortal..DW_AcctCharDG as d on a.acct_id = d.acctid
and d.AcctChrSetId = 'DerivativeRpt'
and d.EndTms IS NULL
left join
ACCUM_ISS_CHAR_HIST as e on a.instr_id = e.instr_id
and e.as_of_dte = (
select MAX (as_of_dte)-1
from accum_iss_char_hist
)
left join
MD_FINANCIAL_ENTITY as f on e.char9_nme = f.fin_enty_name
left join
md_FINANCIAL_ENTITY_ALTERNATE_IDENTIFIER as g on f.fin_enty_id = g.fin_enty_id
and g.id_ctxt_typ = 'LEGAL_ENTITY_IDENTIFIER'
Where a.as_of_tms >= getdate()-1
and a.acct_id = 'FOGEMBLCR'