Re: How to do a difference on two sets from same table?

"Dan" <dan_at_nospam.com> wrote in message news:qj3Zc.17$Wz4.43636_at_news.uswest.net...
> On 8/31/2004 12:02 PM, Alan wrote:
> > "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:2IadnZOYKbBuEancRVn-rw_at_comcast.com...
> >
> >>"Alan" <not.me_at_uhuh.rcn.com> wrote in message
> >>news:2eSYc.10965$Tq.9705_at_trndny02...
> >>
> >>
> >>>FROM same_place
> >>>WHERE other_condition
> >>
> >>As usual, your comments are excellent.
> >>
> >>I do have a quibble with you on this one. The "FROM same_place" is
> >>misleading. You don't always have
> >>to draw the second set from the same source as the first, just as you
> >
> > don't
> >
> >>necessarily have to draw both sets
> >>from the same source in UNION.
> >>
> >>When the sets are both drawn from the same source, it's possbile to
> >
> > express
> >
> >>the result without a MINUS,
> >>by just saying WHERE some_condition AND NOT other_condition. This
leaves
> >>the learner in a quandary about
> >>why the MINUS had to be added to the already complex bag of things to be
> >>learned. The MINUS is more useful,
> >>and sometimes necessary, when the two sets are drawn from different
> >>sources. The same comment applies to UNION.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > I agree- I was debating whether or not to get into it- but I decided
just to
> > give a very simple (unintimidating) example. I am surprised that Brio
> > doesn't offer MINUS. It could be that there is an end-user version and a
> > developer's version. I've seen this with several other tools.
> >
> >

>

That's possible. I try in this order:

1. Native connection (if supplied by the report tool vendor)
2. Report tool vendor ODBC driver.
3. RDBMS ODBC driver.

Sounds like you are using #2. Received on Tue Aug 31 2004 - 20:24:55 CEST