Yes,
I see that now in the docs and it makes perfect sense. Sorry about that. My bad. --Gabe Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Hello. > > On Wed 2002-08-21 at 16:49:06 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I need to figure out values in a column of a given table that do not >>exist in a a column of another given table without subselects. >> >>For example: >> >>If I have one table called "TABLEA" with column name "id" and values >>"1,2,3,4,5,6,7", >> >>and another table called "TABLEB" with column name "id" and values "3,4,5". >> >>Is there any select statement I can do, which will return records in >>TABLEA with id values "1,2,6,7"? >> >>With subselects you could do it as such: >>"select id from TABLEA where id NOT IN select id from TABLEB" >> >>How can I do it in versions of MySQL that don't have subselects >>(multiple steps is fine)? >> > > Well, that is explained in the manual section about missing > sub-selects (it even contains almost exactly your query as example): > > http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ANSI_diff_Sub-selects.html > > Bye, > > Benjamin. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
