Is there a reason MySQL doesn't support FULL OUTER JOINS?

Question

Is there a reason MySQL doesn\'t support FULL OUTER JOINS? I\'ve tried full outer join syntax in mysql many times and it never worked, just found out its not supported by my

Answer 1

as a product matures, more features get added with each release. just chalk this up to not being implemented yet. I'm sure it will eventually be there, it doesn't mean that MySql is bad or anything, every database has extra as well as missing features. I wish SQL Server had the group concatenation feature that MySql has!