Question : Select from two tables but get all rows, not just inner join

I have data stored in two separate tables with the same layout used to describe tools. the tables contain a lot of the same tools, but some unique ones as well.

Is there an easy way to create a result set that combines the data from both tables like I've shown below?

When I try a regular inner join, the results only contain the 'filter'... does mysql have a full join?

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             table.A
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name      description
----      -----------
filter    filter description A
wrench    wrench description A
 
 
table.B
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name      description
----      -----------
hammer    hammer description B
filter    filter description B
 
 
Desired Results
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name     description A          description B
----     -------------          -------------
filter   filter description A   filter description B
wrench   wrench description A   
hammer                          hammer description B
           
         

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Answer : Select from two tables but get all rows, not just inner join

Try this..

                       
             SELECT TableA.name, TableA.description AS "description A",TableB.description AS "description B"
FROM TableA
LEFT JOIN TableB ON TableA.name = TableB.name
UNION 
SELECT TableB.name, TableA.description AS "description A",TableB.description AS "description B"
FROM TableB
LEFT JOIN TableA ON TableA.name = TableB.name
ORDER BY name ASC

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