SELECT A,b,c,d FROM tbl1 WHERE A NOT IN (SELECT distinct A from tbl2)
Or you could: SELECT A.a, A.b, A.c, A.d FROM tbl1 A EXCEPTION JOIN tbl2 B ON A.a = B.a This would return any non-matching records where tbl1.A has no matching tbl2.A Chris Peterson Gainey IT Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer -----Original Message----- From: Tim Do [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 2:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: sql not in how do I return values from tbl1 where values are NOT in tbl2. tbl1 a,b,c,d tbl2 a,b,c,d only a is passed in. b,c,d are unique. tbls do not have identity fields. thanks, tim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285874 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4