RE: SQL question

Dan et al,

I guess that is where I may head with it now. I couldn't come up with an easier way.

Thanks all...

steve

• "Fink, Dan" <Dan.Fink_at_mdx.com> wrote:
  > 1700 values? I sure hope you like to type...
  >
  > Could you create a text file of the table
  > values and compare those against a
  > text files of the possible values? This would
  > require O/S level privs.
  >
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Steven Haas [mailto:steven.haas_at_snet.net]
  > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:38 AM
  > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  > Subject: RE: SQL question
  >
  >
  > Dan (and Charlie),
  >
  > Thanks.
  > Good suggestions, but the IN clause contains
  > just
  > over 1700 values.
  >
  > Puzzling, huh?
  >
  > steve
  >
  >
  > --- "Fink, Dan" <Dan.Fink_at_mdx.com> wrote:
  > > It is a little awkward, but a union in an
  > > inline query may do the trick:
  > >
  > > 1 select a.code
  > > 2 from (select '10' code from dual union
  > > 3 select '20' code from dual union
  > > 4 select '30' code from dual union
  > > 5 select '40' code from dual union
  > > 6 select '50' code from dual ) a
  > > 7* where a.code not in (select
  > > to_char(deptno) from emp)
  > > SQL> /
  > >
  > > CO
  > > --
  > > 40
  > > 50
  > >
  > > Dan Fink
  > >
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: Steven Haas
  > [mailto:steven.haas_at_snet.net]
  > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:28 AM
  > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  > > Subject: SQL question
  > >
  > >
  > > Good morning list,
  > >
  > > Environment HP-UX 11.0 Oracle 8.1.6
  > >
  > > Can anyone help with this SQL.
  > >
  > > I can get a result set of values from a table
  > > that match a given list of values -
  > >
  > > select code
  > > from table
  > > where code in ('A','B','C','D','E')
  > >
  > > I can get a result set of values from a table
  > > that do not match a given list of values -
  > >
  > > select code
  > > from table
  > > where code not in ('A','B','C','D','E')
  > >
  > > So far so good.
  > >
  > > Now, how do I get the set of values from the
  > > list
  > > that do NOT have a matching value in the
  > table?
  > >
  > > I cannot create any objects in the schema I
  > am
  > > working in otherwise I would create a table
  > > with
  > > the values and do a minus, but I can't figure
  > > out
  > > how to do it in SQL only.
  > >
  > > Thanks in advance, folks.
  > >
  > > Steve
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