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In table A, not in table B

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pug2694328
Posting Yak Master

166 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-21 : 15:47:27

Are there any other ways to pull rows where a unique key is on a row in table A , but not in a row in table B? Here is how I know how to do it, but am wondering if there are any other ways. Thanks in advance!

-- Way 1
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_A A
WHERE
NOT EXISTS (
SELECT NULL
FROM TABLE_B B
WHERE A.KEY = B.KEY
)

SELECT
*
FROM TABLE_A A
LEFT JOIN
TABLE_B B
ON A.KEY = B.KEY
WHERE
B.KEY IS NULL

Srinika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1378 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-21 : 16:02:17

May be this is more inefficient

-- Way 3
SELECT *
FROM TABLE_A A
WHERE
A.Key Not in (
SELECT B.KEY
FROM TABLE_B B
)

Srinika

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