Re: Join Question

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Join Question
Date: 2006-08-02 19:39:56
Message-ID: 1154547596.7882.63.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 14:32, Chris Hoover wrote:
> Question,
>
> What is the difference between left join, and left outer join?
>
> I know the difference between inner and outer joins, but I was
> thinking that left join == inner join. But from what I am now seeing,
> it appears that PG is equating left join to left outer join. Is this
> correct?

A left or right join IS an outer join, as is a full join.

the outer is just syntactic sugar.

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