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Old 05-10-2008, 02:03 PM
Rik Wasmus
 
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Captain Paralytic wrote:
> On 9 May, 11:54, Rik Wasmus <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> superman183 wrote:
>>> Hoping someone can assist me with a query I have.
>>> I have two tables, both of which have at least one field of the same
>>> name, type, etc, etc. This field I will call SKEY, for the purposes of
>>> this post. SKEY is a CHAR field, 4 chars in length.
>>> One of the tables, we'll say Table1, has the complete list of
>>> available SKEY's. Table2, on the other hand, contains only some of the
>>> available SKEY's.
>>> I want to be able to find out which SKEY's are missing from Table2;
>>> ie. which SKEY's are in Table1, but not in Table2.
>>> I have tried several different queries, but generally end up in a bit
>>> of a mess, more often returning tens of thousands of results, when in
>>> fact there are only a couple of hundred records in total.
>>> My pseudo-code would be something like:
>>> SELECT SKEY FROM TABLE1 WHERE TABLE1.SKEY NOT LIKE TABLE2.SKEY
>>> The basic query which I tried is:
>>> SELECT TABLE1.SKEY FROM TABLE1 JOIN TABLE2 WHERE TABLE1.SKEY NOT LIKE
>>> TABLE2.SKEY
>>> I also tried a few variations, with DISTINCT, etc, etc ... but I never
>>> end up with anything close to what I need.

>> If SKEY in TABLE2 cannot be null.
>>
>> SELECT TABLE1.SKEY FROM TABLE1
>> LEFT JOIN TABLE2 ON TABLE2.SKEY = TABLE1.SKEY
>> WHERE TABLE2,SKEY IS NULL;
>> --
>> Rik Wasmus
>> [SPAM]
>> Now looking for some smaller projects to work on to fund a bigger one
>> with delayed pay. If interested, mail rik at rwasmus.nl
>> [/SPAM]

> SELECT TABLE1.SKEY FROM TABLE1
> LEFT JOIN TABLE2 ON TABLE2.SKEY = TABLE1.SKEY
> WHERE TABLE2.SKEY IS NULL;
>
> (replaced comma with full stop)


Hmmm, What excuse will I use now? National holidays have been over for a
few days is wat sent sober & at a normal hour...

I know: "Damn those laptop keyboards, give a me a real one!"

Thanks for the correction
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Old 05-10-2008, 02:03 PM
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Default Re: Novice MySQL Query

On 9 May, 13:36, Rik Wasmus <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm, What excuse will I use now? National holidays have been over for a
> few days is wat sent sober & at a normal hour...

There's your excuse. Never try to work sober!
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Old 05-10-2008, 02:03 PM
Rik Wasmus
 
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Default Re: Novice MySQL Query

Captain Paralytic wrote:
> On 9 May, 13:36, Rik Wasmus <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hmmm, What excuse will I use now? National holidays have been over for a
>> few days is wat sent sober & at a normal hour...

> There's your excuse. Never try to work sober!


I like it how I managed to get a completely bogus sentence:'..is wat
sent..' while claiming to be sober .

s/is wat/and was/
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Old 05-10-2008, 02:03 PM
Jerry Stuckle
 
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Rik Wasmus wrote:
> Captain Paralytic wrote:
>> On 9 May, 13:36, Rik Wasmus <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hmmm, What excuse will I use now? National holidays have been over for a
>>> few days is wat sent sober & at a normal hour...

>> There's your excuse. Never try to work sober!

>
> I like it how I managed to get a completely bogus sentence:'..is wat
> sent..' while claiming to be sober .
>
> s/is wat/and was/


Rik, you haven't been sober a day in your life! <gd&r>

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