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Vack
Aged Yak Warrior

530 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-22 : 10:34:49

I have two identical tables.

bmp1 bmp2


bmp1
item_no   comp_item
 ABC        XYZ


I want to select records that do not exist in bmp2

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-22 : 11:07:19

[code]SELECT * FROM bmp1
EXCEPT
SELECT * FROM bmp2;[/code]

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2012-10-22 : 12:21:31

[code]
SELECT *
FROM bmp1 b1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM bmp2 WHERE comp_item = b1.item_no)
[/code]

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