Does the join order matter in SQL?

Question

Disregarding performance, will I get the same result from query A and B below? How about C and D?

-- A
select *
from   a left join b
           on 

        

Answer 1

for regular Joins, it doesn't. TableA join TableB will produce the same execution plan as TableB join TableA (so your C and D examples would be the same)

for left and right joins it does. TableA left Join TableB is different than TableB left Join TableA, BUT its the same than TableB right Join TableA