Use different records from one table to combine it with the different entries of other

Question

I have two tables. Employee and Qualifications.

Employee

Emp_id   Name   Qualification1   Qualification2    Qualification3
10001   xxxxxx         1              3                5
10002   yyyyyy         3              2                       
.......
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Qualifications

Qual_ID   Qual_name
    1      B.Tech
    2      MCA
    3      M.Tech

How can i use join query to get the following output

Emp_ID   Name    Qual1   Qual2   Qual3
10001   xxxxxxx  B.Tech   MCA     pppp
10002   yyyyyyy  B.Tech   
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Answer 1

try this

Select E.Emp_ID,E.Name,Q1.Qual_Name,Q2.Qual_Name, Q3.Qual_Name
From 
    Employees AS E
    INNER JOIN Qualifications As Q1 ON E.Qualification1=Q1.Qual_ID
    INNER JOIN Qualifications As Q2 ON E.Qualification2=Q2.Qual_ID
    INNER JOIN Qualifications As Q3 ON E.Qualification3=Q3.Qual_ID

Answer 2

SELECT e.emp_id, 
       e.name, 
       q1.qual_name, 
       q2.qual_name, 
       q3.qual_name, 
FROM   employee e 
       INNER JOIN qualifications q1 
               ON e.qualification1 = q1.qual_id 
       INNER JOIN qualifications q2 
               ON e.qualification2 = q2.qual_id 
       INNER JOIN qualifications q3 
               ON e.qualification3 = q2.qual_id 

Answer 3

Look at the live working example here at this link:

SQLFiddle

This is working fine.

Answer 4

Try this:

Sql Fiddle

Select
    Emp_id, Name, 
    (Select Qual_name from Qualifications where Qualifications.Qual_ID = Employee.Qualification1) as Qual1,
    (Select Qual_name from Qualifications where Qualifications.Qual_ID = Employee.Qualification2) as Qual2,
    (Select Qual_name from Qualifications where Qualifications.Qual_ID = Employee.Qualification3) as Qual3
From Employee