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Its a legacy join syntax for specifying outer joins. 
 
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213228%28v=sql.80%29.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213228%28v=sql.80%29.aspx</a>
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Its a legacy join syntax for specifying outer joins.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213228%28v=sql.80%29.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213228%28v=sql.80%29.aspx]

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I inherited some code which uses a dynamic Sql Server SELECT statement. The statement uses an Equal Sign, Asterisk (=*) as part of the WHERE clause like this: 
 
SELECT 
LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardName, 
RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.LcbApproveFlag AS LcbApproveFlag, 
LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardID 
FROM RequestForChange_LCB_Signature ,LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm 
WHERE RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.LcbApproveFlag = 1 
AND (RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.LcbBoardID =* LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardID ) 
AND (LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.ActiveFlag = 'A') 
AND (RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.RequestForChangeID = @RfcID) 
ORDER BY LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardName 
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I have no idea what this does. Can you help?
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I inherited some code which uses a dynamic Sql Server SELECT statement. The statement uses an Equal Sign, Asterisk (=*) as part of the WHERE clause like this:

SELECT 
LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardName, 
RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.LcbApproveFlag AS LcbApproveFlag, 
LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardID 
FROM RequestForChange_LCB_Signature ,LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm 
WHERE RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.LcbApproveFlag = 1
AND (RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.LcbBoardID =* LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardID ) 
AND (LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.ActiveFlag = 'A') 
AND (RequestForChange_LCB_Signature.RequestForChangeID = @RfcID)
ORDER BY LocalChangeBoard_Sign_RFC_Parm.LcbBoardName
 
I have no idea what this does. Can you help?

Sql Server SELECT statement using '=*'

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