| From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | "Jackson, DeJuan" <djackson(at)cpsgroup(dot)com>, Dan Gowin <DGowin(at)avantec(dot)net>, "PGSQL HACKERS (E-mail)" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] JOIN syntax. Examples? |
| Date: | 1998-12-11 22:35:18 |
| Message-ID: | 199812112235.WAA15965@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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"Thomas G. Lockhart" wrote:
>Does anyone have a non-M$ RDBMS which implements SQL92 joins?
The book "The Practical SQL Handbook", which is often recommended on
these lists, uses the syntax `*=' and `=*' for left and right outer
joins (page 211). I think we ought to support this syntax as well,
since it will save new users from confusion.
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