If these two tables have a common ID column you can use this column in this way:
Select * From TABLEA Where not ID In (Select ID From TABLEB) Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Rugårdsvej 55 DK-5000 Odense Denmark Tel +45 6313 5013 Direct +45 6313 5008 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6313 5090 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Tam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:21 PM > To: Map Info List (E-mail) > Subject: MI-L Writing SQL Query in MapInfo > > > Hi, > > I'm using MapInfo V5 and am trying to select records from > TableA that are NOT in TableB. > > I think I know how to do this in SQL (select all records in > Table A, then subtract the intersection between TableA and > TableB), but how can I do this in the SQL dialog query box > that comes up in MapInfo? > > I tried writing the SQL directly in a .QRY file, but then > after looking at other MapInfo .QRY files, they have a > different format. > > Thank you, > Wendy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 9265 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 9268