| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Rod Chamberlin <rod(at)querix(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, "Ansley, Michael" <Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec(dot)co(dot)za>, "'The Hermit Hacker '" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org '" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] SQL outer join syntax |
| Date: | 2000-01-07 16:23:39 |
| Message-ID: | 200001071623.LAA21905@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > > I can't imagine how I would answer a question: "How do I do an ANSI
> > > outer join". It would need its own FAQ page.
> >
> > Well, *you're* the one writing the book :))
> >
>
> I'd have thought this gave him justtification to complain about your
> horrible syntax then:)
The big problem is that is no Thomas's syntax, but the ANSI syntax, and
there doesn't seem to be any vendor-neutral solution for outer joins
other than the ANSI one.
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