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SQL - Using Except Or Minus, Finding the Difference between 2 tables
Hi,
I'm struggling to find a way to find the difference between two tables...here is my query...any advice? SELECT ingredient_id, ingredient_name FROM ingredients EXCEPT SELECT ig.ingredient_id, ig.ingredient_name FROM ingredients AS ig INNER JOIN pantry AS pa ON ig.ingredient_id = pa.ingredient_id WHERE pa.customer_id = 1 |
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What RDBMS are you using?
If I am understanding what you are asking for - look into OUTER JOIN
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Re:Using Except Or Minus, Finding the Difference between 2 tables
Hi,
why don't you use 'not in' the below query SELECT ingredient_id, ingredient_name FROM ingredients where ingredient_id not in (SELECT ig.ingredient_id FROM ingredients AS ig INNER JOIN pantry AS pa ON ig.ingredient_id = pa.ingredient_id WHERE pa.customer_id = 1) I hope that above query will be very useful for you. Thanks & Regards Sakthimeenakshi.S --------------------------------------------------- |
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