MySQL: Inner join vs Where [duplicate]

Answer 1

They are the same. This can be seen by running the EXPLAIN command:

mysql> explain Select * from Table1 T1 
    -> Inner Join Table2 T2 On T1.ID = T2.ID;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+---------------------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type  | possible_keys | key     | key_len | ref  | rows | Extra                                       |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+---------------------------------------------+
|  1 | SIMPLE      | T1    | index | PRIMARY       | PRIMARY | 4       | NULL |    4 | Using index                                 |
|  1 | SIMPLE      | T2    | index | PRIMARY       | PRIMARY | 4       | NULL |    4 | Using where; Using index; Using join buffer |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+---------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> explain Select * from Table1 T1, Table2 T2 
    -> Where T1.ID = T2.ID;
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+---------------------------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type  | possible_keys | key     | key_len | ref  | rows | Extra                                       |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+---------------------------------------------+
|  1 | SIMPLE      | T1    | index | PRIMARY       | PRIMARY | 4       | NULL |    4 | Using index                                 |
|  1 | SIMPLE      | T2    | index | PRIMARY       | PRIMARY | 4       | NULL |    4 | Using where; Using index; Using join buffer |
+----+-------------+-------+-------+---------------+---------+---------+------+------+---------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)