Does CFSQL Not Do Left Joins?

Question

Hello. The following syntax works fine inside a
<CFQUERY> statement getting data from an ODBC database (where
JobList and Reported are tables in the datasource named in the
CFQUERY statement):
select * from JobList j left join Reported r on j.job_no =
r.jobno
However, it does not work when embedded inside a
<CFQUERY> statement trying to join two existing queries (i.e.
dbtype = 'QUERY', where JobList and Reported are the names of the
existing queries.
Instead I receive the error message:
Query Of Queries syntax error. Encountered "j.
If I remove the j and r aliases and go with select * from
JobList left join Reported on JobList.job_no = Reported.jobno, I
receive the error message:
Query Of Queries syntax error. Encountered "left
It does not help matters to add the word 'outer' after the
word 'left'.
Should I be using a different syntax, or does CFSQL simply
not do outer joins? The documentation says it does joins, but
provided no examples.
If CFSQL simply cannot to outer joins, am I stuck? The two
tables to be joined ultimately reside in completely different DB's:
FoxPro and SQL Server.
Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Using
joins - Q-of-Q
Using joins
A join operation uses a single SELECT statement to return a
result set from multiple, related tables, typically those with a
primary key - foreign key relationship. There are two SQL clauses
that perform joins:
WHERE clause ColdFusion supports joins through a WHERE
clause.
INNER JOIN and OUTER JOIN ColdFusion
does not support joins through INNER JOIN or OUTER JOIN
clauses.
Note: Query of Queries supports joins between two tables
only.
FYI, you can sometimes accomplish your OUTER JOINs by using
UNIONs as a work around.
Phil