are these join same

[Samanthi perera]

SELECT *  
FROM   employee  LEFT OUTER JOIN department  
          ON employee.DepartmentID = department.DepartmentID

SELECT *  
FROM   employee  LEFT   JOIN department  
          ON employee.DepartmentID = department.DepartmentID

[Sridhar Santhanakrishnan]

LEFT JOIN and LEFT OUTER JOIN are the same... OUTER is optional here.