On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:26:23PM -0400, Dmitry Tkach wrote:
> >How do I write a query to find all CDs that are NOT Rock? 
> >
> What about
> select * from cd where not exists (select 1 from cd_genres where cd_id 
> = cd.id and genre='Rock')?

Thanks everyone!  This did indeed work, and it does seem clearer.  I
never knew about EXISTS before.  How portable is this?  I'm interested
in supporting PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server for now, and possibly
Oracle and MySQL in the future.

-Dave

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