Re: INNER JOIN syntax is not commonly used?

On 3/7/21 10:33 AM, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/tutorial-join.html
> Description:
>
> This page shows a WHERE syntax to join tables.
>
> After that it shows an example of the INNER JOIN syntax:
> SELECT *
> FROM weather INNER JOIN cities ON (weather.city = cities.name);
>
> And after that it says the following:
> "This syntax is not as commonly used as the one above, "
>
> So, this documentation claims that the INNER JOIN syntax is not as common as
> WHERE syntax.
> Is this really the case?

I don't remember the last time I saw a new query use the <table
reference list> syntax. In my experience, the <joined table> syntax is
much more common. I vote to change the wording on that page.
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Vik Fearing