Re: Change JOIN tutorial to focus more on explicit joins

On 20.05.20 23:56, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 1:37 AM PG Doc comments form
> <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>>
>> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/tutorial-join.html
>> Description:
>>
>> The tutorial about joins makes the following statement about the explicit
>> JOIN operator:
>>
>>> This syntax is not as commonly used as the one above
>> I think in 2020 this claim is no longer true, and I would love to see the
>> manual prefer the "modern" explicit JOIN operator rather than sticking to
>> the ancient implicit joins in the WHERE clause.
> +1
>
> The "new" syntax is 28 years old, from SQL 92. I don't see too many
> SQL 86 joins. Would you like to write a documentation patch?
>
>
The attached patch

- prefers the explicit join-syntax over the implicit one and explains
the keywords of the explicit syntax

- uses a more accurate definition of 'join'

- separates <programlisting> and <screen> tags

- shifts <indexterm> definitions outside of <para> to get a better
rendering in PDF

- adds a note concerning IDs and foreign keys

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J. Purtz