>>>Instead of using EXISTS I prefer to use LEFT JOIN, which gave you ALL records from 'Main Table' and only these from joined table which match the join condition. When I tested for IS NULL that means that I want only these records from 'Main Table' which didn't have analog in joined table.
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>>Well it don't work either - just gives me same result as my original. :-(
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>Can you post some simple data and desired results?
Hi BB
Thanks. I've emailed you some tables and stuff, and an explanation (took some time to compose :-)
Terry
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