Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> writes:
> I just tried using openoffice to create a SQL query, but it failed when I
> tried using left outer joins. The contructed query from OO contains curly
> braces to group things. I've never seen this construct before.
The SQL standard has never heard of it, either. Parentheses would be
correct here.
regards, tom lane