No, it's not the same. You use an inner join which returns records that match

To find the records in table2 that do not have a matching key you need an outer join. The 'is null' clause filters the records that do not have a matching key in Table2 - which was your question

There's a good visual explanation here https://blog.codinghorror.com/a-visual-explanation-of-sql-joins/



>Hello:
>
>I have been reading about LEFT JOIN ON. I realize that it is supposed to be easier to read. But I wonder if this:
>
>

>SELECT Table2.Id ;
>FROM Table2 ;
>LEFT JOIN Table1 on ( Table1.Id = Table2.Id ) ;
>WHERE ( Table1.Id is null)
>

>
>functions the same as this?
>
>

>SELECT Table2.Id ;
>FROM Table1, Table2 ;
>WHERE Table1.Id = Table2.Id .AND. ;
>( Table1.Id is null) &&& and, if Yes, then are the ()'s needed in this line?
>

>
>Or will LEFT INNER JOIN ON be faster than just a WHERE?
>
>Thanks, Steve
>
>>

>>select Table2.Id ;
>>    from Table2 ;
>>   left join Table1 on ( Table1.Id = Table2.Id ) ;
>>   where ( Table1.Id is null)
>>

>>
>>>Hi:
>>>I have two tables: table1 and table2. Each has one text field in common: ID, containing a 9 character code that is unique for each record. However, whereas table1 has 10,000 records, table2 has 200. But some of the ID's found in table2 do not exist in table 1. Using set relation and filter, I can find the table1 id's that are missing from table2. I am wondering whether this could also be done with an SQL statement?
>>>
>>>

>>>CLOSE ALL
>>>USE
>>>USE table2
>>>INDEX on id TO id2
>>>
>>>SELECT 2
>>>USE table1
>>>INDEX on id TO id1
>>>
>>>SELECT 1
>>>SET RELATION TO id INTO table2
>>>SET FILTER TO table2.id  == " "  && or == ""
>>>SELECT 2
>>>DELETE ALL 
>>>SET FILTER TO 
>>>SET FILTER TO DELETED()
>>>BROWSE && for instance
>>>

>>>
>>>I thought that an SQL statement such as the following might be equivalent, but it isn't:
>>>
>>>

>>>SELECT * ;
>>>FROM table1, table2 ;
>>>WHERE table1.id <> table3.id 
>>>

>>>
>>>Thank you, Steve