>>>Is there a SQL way of asking if a record in table 1 does not have a match in table 2?
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>>>TIA
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>>>Chris
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>>select a.key, b.key, ;
>>isnull(a.key) as 'NotInOld', ;
>>isnull(b.key) as 'NotInNew' ;
>> from old a full join new b on a.key=b.key
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>>Cetin
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>select a.grade,a.titlecode,a.cocode,b.grade,b.titlecode, ;
>isnull(a.titlecode) as 'notinold' ;
>from c:\sys2data\tlkpttlgrade a full join c:\sys2data\tlkpttlgrade.old b ;
>on a.titlecode = b.titlecode and a.cocode = b.cocode ;
>where (a.titlecode = b.titlecode) and (a.cocode = b.cocode) and (a.grade <> b.grade) ;
>into table c:\sys2data\tblttlgradechanges4
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>there is a record in b that has a cocode that exists in a but a titlecode.
>It does not get selected by the logic?
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Chris,
Repeating (a.titlecode = b.titlecode) and (a.cocode = b.cocode) in where forces 'full join' back to 'inner join'. I'm not clear about what you want to select but try this. This would select all Grade Changes regardless titlecode+cocode exists in other :

select ;
  a.grade as GradeA, a.titlecode as TitleA,a.cocode as CodeA,;
  b.grade as GradeB, b.titlecode as TitleB,b.cocode as CodeB,;
  isnull(a.titlecode) as 'notinA',;
  isnull(b.titlecode) as 'notinB' ;
from tlkpttlgrade a ;
  full join tlkpttlgrade.old b ;
  on a.titlecode = b.titlecode and a.cocode = b.cocode ;
  where a.Grade # b.Grade

Cetin