@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replac
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[ LATERAL ] <replaceable class="parameter">function_name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">argument</replaceable> [, ...] ] ) AS ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_definition</replaceable> [, ...] )
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[ LATERAL ] ROWS FROM( <replaceable class="parameter">function_name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">argument</replaceable> [, ...] ] ) [ AS ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_definition</replaceable> [, ...] ) ] [, ...] )
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[ WITH ORDINALITY ] [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">alias</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_alias</replaceable> [, ...] ) ] ]
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- <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> [ NATURAL ] <replaceable class="parameter">join_type</replaceable> <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> [ ON <replaceable class="parameter">join_condition</replaceable> | USING ( <replaceable class="parameter">join_column</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
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+ <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> <replaceable class="parameter">join_type</replaceable> <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> { ON <replaceable class="parameter">join_condition</replaceable> | USING ( <replaceable class="parameter">join_column</replaceable> [, ...] ) }
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+ <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> NATURAL <replaceable class="parameter">join_type</replaceable> <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable>
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+ <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> CROSS JOIN <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable>
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<phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">grouping_element</replaceable> can be one of:</phrase>
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@@ -554,19 +556,15 @@ TABLE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>FULL [ OUTER ] JOIN</literal></para>
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</listitem>
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- <listitem>
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- <para><literal>CROSS JOIN</literal></para>
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- </listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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For the <literal>INNER</literal> and <literal>OUTER</literal> join types, a
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join condition must be specified, namely exactly one of
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- <literal>NATURAL</literal>, <literal> ON <replaceable
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- class="parameter">join_condition</replaceable></literal>, or
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+ <literal>ON <replaceable
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+ class="parameter">join_condition</replaceable></literal>,
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<literal>USING (<replaceable
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- class="parameter">join_column</replaceable> [, ...])</literal>.
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- See below for the meaning. For <literal>CROSS JOIN</literal>,
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- none of these clauses can appear.
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+ class="parameter">join_column</replaceable> [, ...])</literal>,
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+ or <literal>NATURAL</literal>. See below for the meaning.
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</para>
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<para>
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In the absence of parentheses, <literal>JOIN</literal>s nest
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left-to-right. In any case <literal>JOIN</literal> binds more
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tightly than the commas separating <literal>FROM</literal>-list items.
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- </para>
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-
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- <para><literal>CROSS JOIN</literal> and <literal>INNER JOIN</literal>
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- produce a simple Cartesian product, the same result as you get from
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- listing the two tables at the top level of <literal>FROM</literal>,
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- but restricted by the join condition (if any).
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- <literal>CROSS JOIN</literal> is equivalent to <literal>INNER JOIN ON
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- (TRUE)</literal>, that is, no rows are removed by qualification.
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- These join types are just a notational convenience, since they
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- do nothing you couldn't do with plain <literal>FROM</literal> and
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- <literal>WHERE</literal>.
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+ All the <literal>JOIN</literal> options are just a notational
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+ convenience, since they do nothing you couldn't do with plain
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+ <literal>FROM</literal> and <literal>WHERE</literal>.
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</para>
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<para><literal>LEFT OUTER JOIN</literal> returns all rows in the qualified
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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+ <varlistentry>
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+ <term><literal>CROSS JOIN</literal></term>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>
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+ <literal>CROSS JOIN</literal> is equivalent to <literal>INNER JOIN ON
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+ (TRUE)</literal>, that is, no rows are removed by qualification.
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+ They produce a simple Cartesian product, the same result as you get from
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+ listing the two tables at the top level of <literal>FROM</literal>,
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+ but restricted by the join condition (if any).
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+ </para>
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+ </listitem>
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+ </varlistentry>
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+
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>LATERAL</literal></term>
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<listitem>
@@ -1693,8 +1696,7 @@ SELECT * FROM <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
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<programlisting>
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SELECT f.title, f.did, d.name, f.date_prod, f.kind
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- FROM distributors d, films f
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- WHERE f.did = d.did
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+ FROM distributors d JOIN films f USING (did);
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title | did | name | date_prod | kind
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-------------------+-----+--------------+------------+----------
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