At 03:49 PM 5/13/2002, you wrote: >Simle query request: I want to display the ID for everyone in a table who >is NOT in a second table. > >so this is what I have come up with > >SELECT student.SID, student.firstName >FROM student >WHERE student.SID NOT IN > (SELECT msoccerroster.SID > FROM msoccerroster) > > >It comes up with an error 1064: SQL syntax near '(SELECT msoccerroster.SID >FROM msoccerroster)' > >please help >J
John, This will select all rows from table a that are NOT in table b. select a.*, b.* from table1 a left join table2 b on a.rcd_id = b.rcd_id where b.rcd_id is null Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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