SQL INNER JOIN question

Question

I\'m creating a query that will display information for a record which is derived from 8 tables. The developer who originally wrote the query used a combination of \'where t

Answer 1

I beleive that there is no performance difference between both :

ANSI Style
SELECT * FROM Table1 a JOIN TABLE2 b on a.id = b.id

Old Style
SELECT * FROM Table1 a , TABLE2 b
WHERE a.id = b.id

The ANSI style is newer and more readable and pretty, i do prefer the old style especially when it comes to join more than 4/5 Tables... maybe because im an Oracle Dev as it was said before o_O