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What are CROSS JOIN and JOIN are similar to?

A. INNER JOIN

B. NATURAL JOIN

C. OUTER JOIN

D. CARTESIAN JOIN

Answer: Option A

Solution (By Examveda Team)

This question is about how CROSS JOIN works in MySQL. Imagine you have two tables, one with names and another with colors. A CROSS JOIN would create a new table where every name is combined with every color.

Think of it like this: if you have 3 names and 2 colors, the result would be 6 combinations (3 names x 2 colors).

Now, CARTESIAN JOIN is another way to achieve the same thing. It's like CROSS JOIN, but with a different name.

So, the answer is Option D: CARTESIAN JOIN.

Important Note: While INNER JOIN, NATURAL JOIN, and OUTER JOIN are also used to combine tables, they work differently and don't create all possible combinations like CROSS JOIN and CARTESIAN JOIN do.

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