Which options are available for reading data from multiple tables in a SELECT statement?

Join statements are commonly used to read data from multiple tables within a single SELECT statement. This method allows you to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column between them. For instance, when you have tables that share a common key, a JOIN operation enables you to specify how the records from these tables should be linked, producing a consolidated result set that includes data from both tables. This is particularly useful in relational databases where normalization often results in data being spread across multiple tables.

In contrast, nested loop statements are not standard SQL syntax for reading data from multiple tables in a single SELECT statement. Although nested queries (subqueries) can retrieve data from multiple tables, they generally involve executing separate queries rather than establishing a direct link between tables.

Nested select statements, or subqueries, allow for powerful data retrieval but do not inherently join multiple tables in the same way that JOIN statements do. They are typically used to filter records or provide additional data context rather than directly joining tables.

Database views can provide an abstraction layer of data from multiple tables and can contain complex queries, including JOINs, but they do not perform the act of reading data themselves in a SELECT statement. Instead, they act as a predefined SQL query that can be treated like