RE: How to join four tables using left outer join

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October 9, 2012 at 1:25 am

Eugene Elutin (10/8/2012)
Doesn't look like SQL query to me. What curve-brackets are doing there?

It looks vaguely familiar - possibly the output of the Crystal query designer?

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

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