Nicholas, Tuesday, February 4, 2003, 12:25:08 PM: > Ok I'm stumped on what I think should be a somewhat simple query. What I > have so far is a list of names that is in a list of projects AND in a the > main contact list by doing the following query: > SELECT p.name, p.company FROM contacts c, projects p WHERE > CONCAT(c.firstName, " ", c.lastName) = p.name AND c.company = p.company
try maybe SELECT p.name, p.company FROM contacts c, projects p WHERE CONCAT(c.firstName, " ", c.lastName) != p.name > This is good and works correctly, what I need now is the opposite of this. > The names that are in the project list but NOT in the contact list. If I > had some subqueries this would be a simple NOT IN :) but as I dont (mysql > 3.23.55) I'm not sure how to attack this. > Thanks for any pointers/advice. > -Nick > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Brian Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
