>>Hi,
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>>Say, I have two tables in the SQL Server DB. The structure of the tables is the same. And most of the records are the same (my assumption). I want to create a SQL Select that would show me just those rows that exist in one table but do not exist in another table.
>>How would you create such a SQL Select?
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>>TIA
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>Is there a single key column value that's common to both tables as an identifier?
To add to my previous message. The key column (e.g. ID_NUMBER) could be the same but some other columns could be different. This is why I wanted the comparison to be on ALL columns.
UPDATE. And since the structure is somewhat simple, there are probably only about 6-7 columns in the tables.
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