Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-20 Thread Tena Sakai
org Subject: Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Tena Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a sql way to compare (in a diff/cmp sense) > 2 tables? For example, SELECT * FROM foo EXCEPT SELECT * FROM moo; -- Jonah H. Harris, Sr. Softwar

Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-20 Thread Tena Sakai
pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Tena Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a postscript. It is important to check > both ways. Because (sometimes) vice versa is > not necessarily true. Case in point below:

Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-20 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Tena Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a postscript. It is important to check > both ways. Because (sometimes) vice versa is > not necessarily true. Case in point below: Yes, I'm well aware of that. Still, you should UNION the result of both exceptions

Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-19 Thread Tena Sakai
Fantastic! Many thanks. Regards, Tena Sakai -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jonah H. Harris Sent: Wed 3/19/2008 3:39 PM To: Tena Sakai Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Tena Sakai <[EM

Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-19 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Tena Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a sql way to compare (in a diff/cmp sense) > 2 tables? For example, SELECT * FROM foo EXCEPT SELECT * FROM moo; -- Jonah H. Harris, Sr. Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 73

Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-19 Thread Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
On 2008-03-19 10:56, Tena Sakai wrote: Hi Everybody, Is there a sql way to compare (in a diff/cmp sense) 2 tables? For example, create table foo as [select bla bla bla]; create table moo as [select bla bla bla]; How would I go about knowing foo and moo are identical (or not)? Any

Re: [SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-19 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, "Tena Sakai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a sql way to compare (in a diff/cmp sense) > 2 tables? You can diff "pg_dump --schema-only" output of the related tables. (I attached an ad-hoc script once I wrote to use for such stuff.) I don't know about [php]pgadmin, but

[SQL] compare 2 tables in sql

2008-03-19 Thread Tena Sakai
Hi Everybody, Is there a sql way to compare (in a diff/cmp sense) 2 tables? For example, create table foo as [select bla bla bla]; create table moo as [select bla bla bla]; How would I go about knowing foo and moo are identical (or not)? Any pointer would be appreciated. Tena