Tom,
> Huh? Parenthesizing JOINs is perfectly valid, and I think it's good
> style too in complex cases. See the nearby "SQL Joins" thread for
> an example of a query that's quite unreadable without 'em.
Aha. I see. Of course, the OUTER JOINs here sort of require parens.
So, Darryl, you do want to use parens some of time. Just to make it harder foryou to decide. However, I would assert
thatin your example query they arenot necessary and actually make the syntax more difficult.
-Josh Berkus
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