Try taking out the "table"'s . This is illegal syntax.
select * from A where A.f1 in (
select f1 from A
minus
select f1 from B);
The sql above is also very inefficient. You don't need to do the minus.
Here is the correct syntax:
select * from A where A.f1 not in (
select f1 from B);
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Lanteigne [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 2:13 PM
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> Subject: NESTED MINUS?
>
> Hi all,
>
> can you use the minus operator in nested sql
> eg
> select * from table A where A.f1 in (
> select f1 from table A
> minus
> select f1 from table B);
>
> I'm getting a "missing right parenthesis" error, so I think it may not be
> possible!
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
>
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