[throwaway236324]

Have you considered using "optional"? I feel that this would be a more natural syntax for joins. It could default to "left join", which is probably more frequently used than a right join.

from employees join optional positions [id==employee_id] --> LEFT JOIN

from employees join positions [id==employee_id] --> JOIN

Then you'd use "optional right" or something similar for the "right join" case

[snthpy]

That is an interesting suggestion.

Thank you!