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title: "What is a self join?"  
description: "What is a self join?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-05-05  
updated: 2020-09-16  
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category: "db2"  
tags: ["db2"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a self join?

Self join is just like any other join, except that two instances of the same table will be joined in the query.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

Self join is just like any other join, except that two instances of the same table will be joined in the query.


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