A while ago I wrote an article about natural joins http://gplivna.blogspot.com/2007/10/natural-joins-are-evil-motto-if-you.html I'd say the very natural join syntax (idea) is one big bug. Gints On 2013. gada 24. febr., at 19:07, Tim Hall <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's important that people know what a natural join is, but I don't believe > they have a place in software development. In using one you are stating > that you are happy that any future changes to the tables in question will > have no impact on your query. This can not be guaranteed. :-) > Cheers > > Tim... > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l