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Re: Union query

From: sybrandb <sybrandb_at_gmail.com>
Date: 12 Dec 2006 03:07:25 -0800
Message-ID: <1165921645.052860.50260@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com>

On Dec 12, 11:57 am, "Abu Hamza" <ali..._at_sunnipath.com> wrote:
> I have a query of the form
>
> query1 union query2
>
> Both queries have a common field f1.
> My problem is to get only those records from query2 which have a
> corresponding record (same f1 value) in query1. In other words there
> should be no record in query2 that has x in f1 and there does not exist
> an x in query1. Is there a simple way or do I have to write a complex
> 'exists' condition in query2 ?
>
> thx.

Look up the INTERSECT operator in your documentation.

-- 
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Tue Dec 12 2006 - 05:07:25 CST

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