| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | James Harper <james(dot)harper(at)bendigoit(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: old style outer joins |
| Date: | 2006-02-06 11:04:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20060206110422.GB9331@svana.org |
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On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 09:42:22PM +1100, James Harper wrote:
> I think the answer is no, but can anyone tell me if postgresql supports
> the older (pre sql-92?) style outer join syntax, eg:
I think you're referring to some kind of non-standard
invented-by-oracle syntax.
> It doesn't appear to support that exact syntax, which suggests it
> doesn't know what I'm talking about, but maybe there's a system option
> to turn it on???
PostgreSQL has never supported this, nor is likely to ever do so.
Does anyone else actually support that syntax?
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