>>Hello All,
>>I need to select some records from a table that are not present in another table, I've heard you can do this with one of the outer joins but am unsure as to how
>>
>>Regards
>>Pete Kane
>Pete,
>Different strategies depending on what you want :
>- Both existing and none existing in table2 -> outer join
>
>select * from mytable ;
> left join table2 ;
> on mytable.linkexpression = table2.linkexpression
>* Table2 fields would be .NULL. for those that do not exist in table2
>* All recs from mytable (left table) would be in final cursor
>
>- Only those not in table2 -> subquery
>select * from mytable ;
> where linkexpression not in ;
> (select distinct linkexpression from table2)
>
>Cetin

Thanks to you all, with your help I have found a solution

Regards
Pete Kane