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One way is with the NOT EXISTS predicate:
select *
from tableA
where not exists (select 'x' from tableB where tableB.key = tableA.key)
Yasuki Izaki wrote:
>I'm looking for a sample SQL statement to select KEY field from tableA
>where KEY field does not exist in tableB?
>Lets' say, there are 2 tables (tableA and tableB). Both tables has KEY
>column defined. I need to know the records which KEY does exist in the
>tableA but does not exist in the tableB. What's the way to do this?
>Please e-mail me your suggestions to yizaki_at_yacan.com
>Thank you in advance for your hellp.
>
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Received on Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:52:51 CST