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  1. #1
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    I finally began my ILT. I am curious about one area, When writing join statement, especially one involving many columns and tables, non-equijoins, I found it to be more legible and less confusing if I write the entire table names instead of using aliases, I know that this takes more memory and more time and performance might suffer, but is this going to be relevant or am I forming a bad habit?
    Trying to remain objective, since one can always be wrong.....without knowing it at the moment.

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    aliases are good, because in real life some table names are very long such as
    AP_TNRCC_TPWD_INBOUND_DEV

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    You have an analytical mind (personal observation).
    But one has to use aliases sometimes.
    eg. if you use the same table twice(self joins), notwithstanding the example cited above.

    IMHO, I don't think performance has got anything to do with it.

    [Edited by Raminder on 10-03-2001 at 11:19 AM]

    Raminder Singh

    Oracle Certified DBA: Oracle 8i, 9i


    Mail me at raminderahluwalia@rediffmail.com.

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