Hello

2012/4/6 Andreas <maps...@gmx.net>:
> hi,
>
> is there a disadvantage to write a join as
>
> select   *
> from    a, b
> where  a.id = b.a_id;
>

> over
>
> select   *
> from    a join b  on  a.id = b.a_id;
>

yes - newer notation has some advantages

* clean specification join predicate and filter predicate
* simple adaptability to outer join
* increased protection against copy/paste bug that introduce Cartesian product

Regards

Pavel Stehule

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