Find records that do not contain an item - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Hi All,

I have rather peculiar query to work out when I get back to work
tomorrow and I am hoping that one of you can point me off in the correct
direction.

I have two tables.

DROP TABLE sales_order.tbl_line_item;
CREATE TABLE sales_order.tbl_line_item
(
   so_number int4 NOT NULL,
   so_line int2 NOT NULL,
   quantity float4 NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   item_id varchar(20) NOT NULL,
   unit_price numeric,
   po_number int4,
   reviewed bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
   audit_user varchar(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'default'::character varying,
   audit_timestamp timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT
('now'::text)::timestamp(6) with time zone,
   CONSTRAINT tbl_line_item_pkey PRIMARY KEY (so_number, so_line),
)
WITHOUT OIDS;

13573,6,1,PSNC,58.00,,f,default,2005-05-13 14:02:50.798894
13595,3,4,PSNC,325.00,,f,default,2005-05-13 14:02:50.798894
13727,2,1,PSNA1020,57.00,,f,default,2005-05-13 14:02:50.798894
13709,1,4,PSNC,238.00,,f,default,2005-05-13 14:02:50.798894

DROP TABLE sales_order.tbl_item_bom;
CREATE TABLE sales_order.tbl_item_bom
(
   so_number int4 NOT NULL,
   so_line int2 NOT NULL,
   so_subline serial NOT NULL,
   quantity float4 NOT NULL,
   item_id varchar(20) NOT NULL,
   component_type varchar(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'other'::character varying,
   CONSTRAINT tbl_net_item_pkey PRIMARY KEY (so_number, so_line,
so_subline),
)
WITHOUT OIDS;

13573,6,3345,50,120-089-06-15,net
13573,6,3346,30,RHT3S050BK,other
13573,6,3347,9,SH120ZP,other
13573,6,3348,4,TMPSN,other
13595,3,3551,50,120-089-06-15,net
13595,3,3552,30,RHT3S050BK,other
13595,3,3553,9,SH120ZP,other
13709,1,3609,150,120-089-06-25,net
13709,1,3610,63,RHT3S050BK,other
13709,1,3611,16,SH120ZP,other
13709,1,3612,4,TPMSN,other

I am trying to find the sales orders containing a 'PSNC' that does NOT
contain a 'TMPSN'.

Given the data above I would like to return 13595.

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Kind Regards,
Keith