Pros / Cons of MySql JOINS

Question

When I\'m selecting data from multiple tables I used to use JOINS a lot and recently I started to use another way but I\'m unsure of the impact in the long run.

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Answer 1

I personally feel the explicit join syntax (A JOIN B, A LEFT JOIN B) is preferable. Both because it's more explicit about what you're doing, and because if you use implicit join syntax for inner joins, you still have to use the explicit syntax for outer joins and thus your SQL formatting will be inconsistent.