> Avoid SQL joins in your website code That's none sense. There is nothing wrong with SQL joins in your code so long as you've properly indexed and understand

> Avoid SQL joins in your website code That's none sense. There is nothing wrong with SQL joins in your code so long as you've properly indexed and understand the query execution plan. Table joins are also not going to be a likely culprit of deadlocks either (varies depending on database platform, but generally true)