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IN subquery, with multiple fields
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31/10/2016 14:08:15
 
 
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31/10/2016 10:12:17
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01642525
Message ID:
01642535
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65
>Can the "IN" clause, and a subquery, be used with multiple fields? I believe the answer is "no", but I wanted to confirm this.
>
>Example with one field:
>
>select * from MainTable where KeyField in (select KeyField in LookupTable)
>
>
>For two fields, I was thinking something along the lines of:
>
>select * from MainTable where (KeyField1, KeyField2) in (select KeyField1, KeyField2) in LookupTable
>
>
>But if I remember correctly, that resulted in an error.
>
>Assuming the answer is "no", and with respect to workarounds, I know I can use the "JOIN" instead; but how would I use the JOIN to emulate a NOT IN? I am pretty sure I can achieve this, but I am not sure about a more or less elegant way of doing this.

You might be able to do something like this:
SELECT ;
  Field1 ;
  , Field2 ;
  , Field1 + Field2 AS ComboCol ;
  FROM MainTable ;
  WHERE ComboCol IN ;
    ( SELECT Field1 + Field2 AS SomeCol FROM LookupTable ) ;
  ...
How you create the combination column would be the key thing. Simple for strings, otherwise you might need to CAST the columns to strings or combine some other way.
Regards. Al

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