about query ..

Hi all,
Does anyone know what is the following query mean:
select * from abc,def from abc.xx(+) = def.xx
i have no idea about the (+) symbol..what it represent?
Thank you in advance
Best regards,
Ocurnos
Hi,
Its Left outer join in Oracle. SQL Server will give you syntax error.
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Daniel" <Daniel@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Does anyone know what is the following query mean:
> select * from abc,def from abc.xx(+) = def.xx
> i have no idea about the (+) symbol..what it represent?
> Thank you in advance
> Best regards,
> Ocurnos