> I asked the Presenter of the "Database Design Fundamentals" > presentation at MAX last week, and she replied the both > methods are acceptable and equal in regards to performance in > any DBMS system she was familiar with. So, it is just a > choice of style on which you prefer.
There is one clear advantage of using the explicit JOIN syntax - if you forget one of your join conditions, you'll get an error instead of an accidental Cartesian product. For this reason alone, I prefer explicit JOIN syntax. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184187 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
