There is no support for sub-queroes in MySQL, so your second select is getting kicked out. You probably want a left join for this.
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 06:54, jim and lois flaherty wrote: > I have a table that recieves raw data form results for an online quiz. The > boss wants to analyse the data , I have it all going to one table for > processing. From that table of "Raw Data" I pick out what I need. I want to > pick out the test name but I dont want duplicate. I made the column unique > in table phistory ( column testname) > > I wanted to write a SQL query for this > > select distinct testname from testhistory where testname not in (select > distinct testname in phistory) > > but I get a syntax error > > Help > Jim > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php