Re: someone double-check me on this sql

"not X and not Y" is equivalent to "not (X or Y)", which would be "not(month=5 or year=2012) in your first query.

Likewise, in your second query:

"not X or not Y" is equivalent to "not (X and Y)", which would be not(monty=5 and year=2012)

Toon

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Taylor, Chris David < ChrisDavid.Taylor_at_ingrambarge.com> wrote:

> I'm a bit fuzzy at the moment due to pain meds after a minor surgery so
> I'm hoping someone can spot my error (if I have an error)
>
> Table has months, years and 'x' number of rows for each
>
> The table has Years 2011 and 2012
> In 2011, it has months 1-12
> And in 2012 it has months 1-5
>
> I run this:
> Select month, year, count(*) -- month, and year are actual column names
> From some_table
> Where (month != 5 and year != 2012)
> Group by month, year
> /
>
> The data set I get is Months 6-12 for 2011 *ONLY*
>
> Shouldn't that query *ONLY* exclude MONTH=5 and YEAR 12 together?
> (instead of ALL 2012 and ALL 5s?)
>
>
>
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