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Find child records not in parent table
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09/03/2011 10:21:44
James Blackburn
Qualty Design Systems, Inc.
Kuna, Idaho, United States
 
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Forum:
Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
Other
Environment versions
SQL Server:
SQL Server 2005
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01503028
Message ID:
01503029
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45
select * from ChildTable where not exists (select 1 from ParentTable where ChildTable.fielda != ParentTable.fielda)

>I must be missing something very simple. I am trying to find records in the child table that have no corresponding records in the parent table. Here is what I do:
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>select * from ChildTable join ParentTable where ChildTable.fielda != ParentTable.fielda
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>But it does not work. TIA.
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