Node.js - PostgreSQL FULL OUTER Join

In this article, we would like to show you how to use SQL FULL OUTER JOIN in Node.js.

Note: at the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

const { Client } = require('pg');

const client = new Client({
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    user: 'postgres',
    database: 'database_name',
    password: 'password',
    port: 5432,
});

const fetchUserDepartments = async () => {
    const query = `SELECT * 
                   FROM "users" 
                   FULL OUTER JOIN "departments" ON "departments"."id" = "users"."department_id"`;
    try {
        await client.connect();                     // gets connection
        const { rows } = await client.query(query); // sends queries
        console.table(rows);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error.stack);
    } finally {
        await client.end();                         // closes connection
    }
};

fetchUserDepartments();

Output:

Database preparation

create_tables.sql file:

CREATE TABLE "departments" (
	"id" SERIAL,
	"department_name" VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
	"location" VARCHAR(50) NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY ("id")
);

CREATE TABLE "users" (
	"id" SERIAL,
	"name" VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
	"surname" VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
	"department_id" INTEGER,
	PRIMARY KEY ("id"),
	FOREIGN KEY ("department_id") REFERENCES "departments" ("id")
);

insert_data.sql file:

INSERT INTO "departments"
	("id", "department_name", "location")
VALUES
	(1, 'Sales', 'New York'),
	(2, 'Finance', NULL),
	(3, 'HR', 'Atlanta'),
	(4, 'Purchase', 'New Orlean'),
	(5, 'Operations', 'Boston');

INSERT INTO "users"
	( "name", "surname", "department_id")
VALUES
	('John', 'Stewart', 1),
	('Chris', 'Brown', 2),
	('Kate', 'Lewis', 3),
	('Ailisa', 'Gomez', NULL),
	('Gwendolyn', 'James', 2),
	('Simon', 'Collins', 4),
	('Taylor', 'Martin', 2),
	('Andrew', 'Thompson', NULL);