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Babli
Yak Posting Veteran

53 Posts

Posted - 2007-02-16 : 00:44:35

Hi,

I have two tables with the same set of columns
I need to compare the rows among the 2 tables.

How do i do that.

Thanks,
Babli

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2007-02-16 : 00:57:53

something like this


select *
from   table1 t1 inner join table2 t2
on     t1.pkcol = t2.pkcol
where  t1.col1  <> t2.col1
or     t2.col2  <> t2.col2
. .  .

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2007-02-16 : 00:58:40

or use LEFT / RIGHT / FULL OUTER JOIN if you have mismatched rows in the tables

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-02-16 : 01:14:21

[url]http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2004/11/10/2737.aspx[/url]

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

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