A real (equi) join is not possible because the query what I posted on the
mailing list was WRONG... sheesh... sorry
what i meant was :
select * from purchasemaster where transactionid NOT in (select
transactionid from itemmaster where itempriority = 2)
Thanx,
----- Original Message -----
From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
To: Kapil Tilwani <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL]
> why not just do a real join?
>
> select a, b, c, from from purchasemaster, itemmaster
> where purchasemaster.transactionid = itemmaster.transactionid
> and itemmaster.itempriority = 2
>
> don't fight SQL. :)
>
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