On 28 Aug 2018, at 5:32pm, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > I suppose: > > SELECT * FROM A WHERE nam NOT IN (SELECT nam FROM B);
Depending on how many names the tables have in column, a possible alternative might be to use the EXCEPT compound operator here. Something like SELECT nam FROM A EXCEPT SELECT nam FROM B This will give you just the 'nam' values. If that's all you need it might be faster than the "NOT IN" version. If you need more columns than just "nam" then use something like SELECT * FROM A WHERE nam IN ( SELECT nam FROM A EXCEPT SELECT nam FROM B ) But this might be slower than the version Dr Hipp gave. Make sure you have an index on both A.nam and B.nam to test the fastest these queries can return a result. Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users