mysql 连接 半连接,什么是半连接数据库？

I am having trouble while trying to understand the concept of semi-join and how it is different from conventional join. I have tried some article already but not satisfied with the explanation, could someone please help me to understand it?

解决方案

Simple example. Let's select students with grades using left outer join:

SELECT DISTINCT s.id

FROM students s

LEFT JOIN grades g ON g.student_id = s.id

WHERE g.student_id IS NOT NULL

Now the same with left semi-join:

SELECT s.id

FROM students s

WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM grades g

WHERE g.student_id = s.id)

The latter is much more efficient.