On 1/19/07, Sarah Adams <mr.sanders at geekjock.ca> wrote: > I regularly read Rudy Limeback's "Ask the Expert" column <snip /> > "Please always try to write your joins using JOIN syntax, not the older > style which lists tables using commas." It's probably been about three years ago that I started writing my joins this way, and Rudy is the one who clued me in to it. In fact, I highly recommend a book that Rudy helped co-author, "Practical Web Database Design." http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Database-Design-Chris-Auld/dp/1590591941/sr=8-1/qid=1169218736/ref=sr_1_1/105-0046404-6243656?ie=UTF8&s=books -- Randal Rust R.Squared Communications www.r2communications.com