Josh Berkus wrote:
> Andreas,
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>>The USING would be in place of the mandatory FROM in MSSQL. And why use
>>a different keyword for the same thing in DELETE and UPDATE?
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> Um, because for us the 1st FROM isn't optional (per SQL spec)?
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Seems that many RDBMS regard that FROM as a noise word. Making it
optional would probably enhance portability, I can't see drawbacks.
Regards,
Andreas