SQL JOIN - WHERE clause vs. ON clause

Question

After reading it, this is not a duplicate of Explicit vs Implicit SQL Joins. The answer may be related (or even the same) but the question is diffe

Answer 1

In terms of the optimizer, it shouldn't make a difference whether you define your join clauses with ON or WHERE.

However, IMHO, I think it's much clearer to use the ON clause when performing joins. That way you have a specific section of you query that dictates how the join is handled versus intermixed with the rest of the WHERE clauses.