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  below.
  
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+ *: select without left join with the *= operator
+ 
+     SELECT t1.code, t2.code
+     FROM table1 t1, table2 t2
+     WHERE t1.t2_ref_id *= t2.id
+ 
  *: This appears to be unsupported: updating multiple columns with subselect
  
     update T1 set (theUpdatedValue, theOtherValue) =