This is makes more sense because it causes a SQL developer to group the joined tables in a logical manner.
----- Original Message ----- From: wang shuming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Friday, November 3, 2006 8:04:20 PM GMT-0500 US/Eastern Subject: left join , Unknown column 't1.itemid' in 'on clause' Hi, select * from t1,t2 left join t3 on t3.itemid=t1.itemid mysql4.1 works, but mysql5.0 shows Unknown column 't1.itemid' in 'on clause' If change into select * from t2,t1 left join t3 on t3.itemid=t1.itemid mysql5.0 works Shuming Wang -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]