What is a crosswalk table?

Crosswalk table a is a reference table which gets all the columns from two or more different tables.

Table1

ID   | Name     | Address     | Zip   | PhoneNumber
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IN11 | Brad Bob | 763 Park St | 25896 | 999-789-1234
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Table2

ID   | Name     | Address     | Zip   | PhoneNumber
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IN22 | Brad Bob | 763 Park St | 25896 | 999-789-1234
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Sample Crosswalk

Table1ID | Table2ID
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IN11     | IN22
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Query to get the Crosswalk:

SELECT Table1.ID AS Table1ID, Table2.ID AS Table2ID
FROM Table1
INNER JOIN Table2 ON Table1.Name = Table2.Name
  AND Table1.Address = Table2.Address
  AND Table1.Zip = Table2.Zip
  AND Table1.PhoneNumber = Table2.PhoneNumber

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