> > > I can't imagine how I would answer a question: "How do I do an ANSI
> > > outer join". It would need its own FAQ page.
> >
> > Well, *you're* the one writing the book :))
> >
>
> I'd have thought this gave him justtification to complain about your
> horrible syntax then:)
The big problem is that is no Thomas's syntax, but the ANSI syntax, and
there doesn't seem to be any vendor-neutral solution for outer joins
other than the ANSI one.
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