On 6 June 2010 06:30, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists@itech7.com> wrote:
> 1. SELECT b.* from banners b, banners_users bu where b.id = bu.bid and
> bu.uid = 5;
>
> 2. SELECT b.* from banners b INNER JOIN banners_users bu ON b.id =
> bu.bid AND bu.uid = 5;
Here is an explanation:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/queries-table-expressions.html#QUERIES-FROM
>
> What is the first type of join called ?
CROSS JOIN
>
> and is it possible that they have different execution times ?
AFAIK planner would choose the same execution plan in your situation
so it is not.
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