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collie
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

400 Posts

Posted - 2007-11-19 : 06:36:43
Hi,

I have 2 tables and I want to insert from one table (accounts_temp) into the other table (accounts).
However, i want to check that the value that i am trying to insert into Accounts doesn't already exist in the table under the column called AccountsGroup.

How can I write such a query?

Thanks for the help




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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-11-19 : 06:41:20
[code]Insert into t1(col1, col2,...)
select col1, col2,... from t2 left join t1 on t2.AccountsGroup = t1.AccountsGroup
Where t1.AccountsGroup IS NULL[/code]

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"
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collie
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

400 Posts

Posted - 2007-11-19 : 08:33:31
Thanks that seems to work :-)

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