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Subject: question on JOIN and WHERE clause
From: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
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Date: 30 May 2002 13:07:21 -0400
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Does the SQL optimizer process the JOIN first then add WHERE
constraintson it or it processes the WHERE clause and JOIN at the same
time?

Thanks!



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Wei Weng
Network Software Engineer
KenCast Inc.