| From: | "Matthew N(dot) Dodd" <winter(at)jurai(dot)net> |
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| To: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, "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 23:39:58 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.02.9812111838550.17054-100000@sasami.jurai.net |
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On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> 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.
'A Guide to The SQL Standard" (4th Ed.) seems to indicate that the MS
syntax is fairly close.
ISBN 0-201-96426-0
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