Looks like I was in too big of a hurry and misted the !=. Sorry about that.
>It should be '='
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>select * from ChildTable where not exists (select 1 from ParentTable where ChildTable.fielda = ParentTable.fielda)
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>>Thank you very much.
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>>>select * from ChildTable where not exists (select 1 from ParentTable where ChildTable.fielda != ParentTable.fielda)
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>>>>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.