How to join two unrelated tables in sql

Question

I have two tables:

Table 1: Formulas

FormulaId    Formula Text
1            [Qty] * [Rect]
2            [Qty] * [Al]
3            [Mt] * [Cat]  


        

Answer 1

You can only do Cross Join. Other joins can be done only with related tables.

Answer 2

You want to use a CROSS JOIN:

SELECT FormulaId, Formula, ContextId, [Name]
FROM Formula
CROSS JOIN Context

Answer 3

Did you try CROSS APPLY:

select *
from context
cross apply formulas
order by contextid

See SQL Fiddle With Demo

Answer 4

You can use the Cartesian Product of the two tables as follows:

SELECT * FROM Formulas, Context

This would result in M * N rows.