SQL Server - lack of NATURAL JOIN / x JOIN y USING(field)

Question

I\'ve just been reading up on NATURAL JOIN / USING - SQL92 features which are (sadly?) missing from SQL Server\'s current repertoire.

Has anyone come from a DBMS tha

Answer 1

I never use NATURAL JOIN because I don't like the possibility that the join could do something I don't intend just because some column name exists in both tables.

I do use the USING join syntax occasionally, but just as often it turns out that I need a more complex join condition than USING can support, so I convert it to the equivalent ON syntax after all.