Which of these queries is preferable?

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Published on 2010-06-09T08:36:49Z Indexed on 2010/06/09 8:42 UTC
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I've written the same query as a subquery and a self-join.

Is there any obvious argument for one over the other here?

SUBQUERY:

SELECT prod_id, prod_name
FROM products
WHERE vend_id = (SELECT vend_id
FROM products
WHERE prod_id = ‘DTNTR’);

SELF-JOIN:

SELECT p1.prod_id, p1.prod_name
FROM products p1, products p2
WHERE p1.vend_id = p2.vend_id
AND p2.prod_id = ‘DTNTR’;

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