>>Hi Naomi,
>>>There should not be difference in performance, IMHO, but I would always prefer JOIN syntax over WHERE syntax for better readability.
>>>
>>>Also JOIN and WHERE behave differently, JOIN happens first, then WHERE.
>>
>>Nope. Filtering normally comes first to speed up by reducing set size (usually the where clause) and then the join-operation.
>>If there is a filter in the join condition SOMETIMES this is also executed during the first step (depends on the smarts of the engine).
>>
>>regards
>>thomas
>
>I'm not sure this is correct (I believe it's incorrect). See message #1401825
>
>There needs to be done a bit of research on the topic to confirm/deny your statement, but I'm busy at the moment - will do the actual research later.

No Join Clause mentioned in there... ;-)
From needs to be checked first to establish the relevant tables.
Unless you are talkink about special cases where the join involvels a tables with only a dozen records...

regards

thomas