"Brian C. Doyle" wrote:
> What do I have to do a query where information in table1 is not in table2
>
> I am looking for something like
>
> Select table1.firstname where table1.firstname is not in table2.firstname
> and table2.date='yesterday'
>
> I tried
> Select table1.firstname where table1.firstname != table2.firstname and
> table2.date='yesterday'
>
> and that did not work just listed everyone....
imho the most natrural way for what you need seems to be :
select whatyouwant from table1 where not exists select * from table2 where table2.firstname = table1.firstname and
table2.date='yesterday';
hoping that helps
P. Jacquot
