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Q&A Are there best practices for sticking conditions in WHERE clauses vs the JOIN statement?

Lets say I have two tables, A and B and I need to join a subset of them. Is there best practices of sticking the conditions in the WHERE clause like this, SELECT * FROM A JOIN B on a.fk_b = b....

3 answers · posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭ · last activity 7mo ago by billkarwin‭

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ArtOfCode‭ · 2020-11-14T02:15:45Z (over 3 years ago)

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Lets say I have two tables, A and B and I need to join a subset of them.
Is there best practices of sticking the conditions in the WHERE clause like this,
~~```~~
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
WHERE a.pk <10000
```
versus sticking the condition in the JOIN like this,
~~```~~
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
AND a.pk <10000
```
For these, it doesn't make any difference in speed or results, but are there best practices for where to put the conditions?

Lets say I have two tables, A and B and I need to join a subset of them.
Is there best practices of sticking the conditions in the WHERE clause like this,
```sql
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
WHERE a.pk <10000
```
versus sticking the condition in the JOIN like this,
```sql
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
AND a.pk <10000
```
For these, it doesn't make any difference in speed or results, but are there best practices for where to put the conditions?

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Alexei‭ · 2020-11-13T19:09:51Z (over 3 years ago)
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Lets say I have two tables, A and B and I need to join a subset of them.
Is there best practices of sticking the conditions in the WHERE clause like this,
```
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
WHERE a.pk <10000
```
versus sticking the condition in the JOIN like this,
```
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
AND a.pk <10000
```
~~For these, it doesn't make any difference in speed or results, but are there best practices for where to put the conditions?~~

Lets say I have two tables, A and B and I need to join a subset of them.
Is there best practices of sticking the conditions in the WHERE clause like this,
```
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
WHERE a.pk <10000
```
versus sticking the condition in the JOIN like this,
```
SELECT *
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
AND a.pk <10000
```
For these, it doesn't make any difference in speed or results, but are there best practices for where to put the conditions?

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Charlie Brumbaugh‭ · 2020-11-12T21:11:36Z (over 3 years ago)

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Charlie Brumbaugh‭ · 2020-11-12T21:11:00Z (over 3 years ago)

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Are there best practices for sticking conditions in WHERE clauses vs JOIN conditions

Lets say I have two tables, A and B and I need to join a subset of them. 

Is there best practices of sticking the conditions in the WHERE clause like this,

```
SELECT * 
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
WHERE a.pk <10000
```
versus sticking the condition in the JOIN like this,

```
SELECT * 
FROM A
JOIN B on a.fk_b = b.pk
AND a.pk <10000
```

For these, it doesn't make any difference in speed or results, but are there best practices for where to put the conditions?

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