Jaime Casanova <systemguards@gmail.com> writes:
> On 12/9/05, David Rio Deiros <driodeiros@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am sure there is a good reason why you have to swap the relations
>> in PostgreSQL. Anyone?
> Because PostgreSQL is not broken...
> What i see in this SELECT is an LEFT JOIN between AT and U (note that
> the other relations in the FROM are separated by commas so they have
> nothing to do with LEFT JOIN) and is using a JOIN clause from a
> relation that has nothing to do with the LEFT JOIN...
Right. MySQL apparently thinks that JOIN has the same precedence as
comma in a FROM-list, but anyone who has bothered to read the SQL
standard knows that JOIN is supposed to bind tighter than comma.
Your coworker is depending on a flat-out-incorrect behavior of MySQL.
regards, tom lane