Re: [SQL] Query Help using Except

2003-10-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 14:17:08 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I can't do the following, since the number of selected columns have to match: One option is to use where NOT EXISTS instead of EXCEPT. Another way would be to add A.id to the rows in the set difference using a join. I expect

Re: [SQL] Query Help

2003-10-23 Thread yusuf0478
Wouldn't that return every A.id ? since A.id would be compared to -1, and the wouldnt' be the same. I want: select min(A.id) such that A.charge, B.userid, C.employee_id in ( select A.charge , B.user_id , C.employee_id from A inner join B using (user_id) inner join C using (employe

Re: [SQL] Query Help

2003-10-23 Thread scott.marlowe
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm interested in finding the minimim A.id such that the following holds: > > select A.charge > , B.user_id > , C.employee_id > from A > inner join B using (user_id) > inner join C using (employee_id) > > except > > select X.charge > ,

Re: [SQL] Query Help

2000-12-28 Thread Brian C. Doyle
Thank you to everyone with their suggestions. Where on the PostgreSQL site would I have found more info on the NOT EXISTS At 11:20 AM 12/27/00 -0500, you wrote: >What do I have to do a query where information in table1 is not in table2 > >I am looking for something like > >Select table1.firs

Re: [SQL] Query Help

2000-12-28 Thread patrick . jacquot
"Brian C. Doyle" wrote: > What do I have to do a query where information in table1 is not in table2 > > I am looking for something like > > Select table1.firstname where table1.firstname is not in table2.firstname > and table2.date='yesterday' > > I tried > Select table1.firstname where table1.fi

Re: [SQL] Query Help

2000-12-27 Thread Yury Don
Hello Brian, Wednesday, December 27, 2000, 9:20:53 PM, you wrote: BCD> What do I have to do a query where information in table1 is not in table2 BCD> I am looking for something like BCD> Select table1.firstname where table1.firstname is not in table2.firstname BCD> and table2.date='yesterday'

RE: [SQL] Query Help

2000-12-27 Thread Francis Solomon
Hi Brian, Try something like this: SELECT firstname FROM table1 WHERE firstname NOT IN (SELECT firstname FROM table2 WHERE table2.date='yesterday'::date); Hope this helps. Francis Solomon > > What do I have to do a query where information in table1 is > not in table2 > > I am looking for some