Postgres analogue to CROSS APPLY in SQL Server

Question

I need to migrate SQL queries written for MS SQL Server 2005 to Postgres 9.1.
What is the best way to substitute for CROSS APPLY in this query?

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Answer 1

Necromancing:
New in PostgreSQL 9.3:

The LATERAL keyword

left | right | inner JOIN LATERAL

INNER JOIN LATERAL is the same as CROSS APPLY
and LEFT JOIN LATERAL is the same as OUTER APPLY

Example usage:

SELECT * FROM T_Contacts 

--LEFT JOIN T_MAP_Contacts_Ref_OrganisationalUnit ON MAP_CTCOU_CT_UID = T_Contacts.CT_UID AND MAP_CTCOU_SoftDeleteStatus = 1 
--WHERE T_MAP_Contacts_Ref_OrganisationalUnit.MAP_CTCOU_UID IS NULL -- 989


LEFT JOIN LATERAL 
(
    SELECT 
         --MAP_CTCOU_UID    
         MAP_CTCOU_CT_UID   
        ,MAP_CTCOU_COU_UID  
        ,MAP_CTCOU_DateFrom 
        ,MAP_CTCOU_DateTo   
   FROM T_MAP_Contacts_Ref_OrganisationalUnit 
   WHERE MAP_CTCOU_SoftDeleteStatus = 1 
   AND MAP_CTCOU_CT_UID = T_Contacts.CT_UID 

    /*  
    AND 
    ( 
        (__in_DateFrom <= T_MAP_Contacts_Ref_OrganisationalUnit.MAP_KTKOE_DateTo) 
        AND 
        (__in_DateTo >= T_MAP_Contacts_Ref_OrganisationalUnit.MAP_KTKOE_DateFrom) 
    ) 
    */
   ORDER BY MAP_CTCOU_DateFrom 
   LIMIT 1 
) AS FirstOE