====== JOIN Operations ====== ==== INNER JOIN ==== Retrieves matching records from both tables. SELECT employees.name, departments.department_name FROM employees INNER JOIN departments ON employees.department_id = departments.id; ==== LEFT JOIN ==== Retrieves all records from the left table and matching records from the right table. SELECT customers.name, orders.order_id FROM customers LEFT JOIN orders ON customers.id = orders.customer_id;