where we have to use ON clause and where we have to use USING
clause in JOINS

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where we have to use ON clause and where we have to use USING clause in JOINS..

Answer / saiprasanna

in ansi style the join condn can be given bu using "ON-clause"
or by using "USING-clause".
"USING" clause can be used if common column name is same other
wise "ON" clause is used.
ex:-select e.ename,d.dname from emp e join dept d on e.deptno
=d.deptno;
select e.ename,d.dname from emp e join dept d using(deptno);

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where we have to use ON clause and where we have to use USING clause in JOINS..

Answer / vipul.solanki

It gives same result.when colum name is same then we can use
Using clause

with use USING :

SELECT * FROM MENU_MASTER MM JOIN MENU_ROLE_METRIX MRM
USING(NMENUNO);

with use ON :

SELECT * FROM MENU_MASTER MM JOIN MENU_ROLE_METRIX MRM ON
MM.NMENUNO = MRM.NMENUNO;

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