>Hello all
>
>We need to run a query to generate a list of any active table1.dbf records with table1.x1 fields that have data in the x1 fields with no matching x1 in the table2 table.
>
>I submitted the query should be
>

>SELECT d.userid, d.x1
>  FROM table1 d
>  WHERE d.active
>    AND !EMPTY(d.x1)
>    AND d.x1 NOT in (select x1 FROM table2) ORDER BY 2
>

>
>My co-worker says this is wrong.
>
>who is right?
>
>thanks

The way I'm reading this query...........

Table2 is a list of valid x1 values. You are trying to find records in table1 with invalid x1 values.