Re: Finding orphans using SQL

Something like this. 

If customer # is a 5 digit field and order # is a 4 digit field: 

SELECT CUST#,ORDER# FROM ORDHDR WHERE CUST#*10**5+ORDER# NOT IN (SELECT
CUST#*10**5+ORDER# FROM ORDDTL)

Don Schenck wrote:

> Is there a method in SQL that can be used to find "childless" header
> records? And this would include situations where the table has a
> multi-column index as it's primary index.
> 
> Example:
> 
> OrderHeader
> -----------
> Key Fields: CustomerNbr, OrderNbr
> 
> OrderDetail
> -----------
> Key Fields: CustomerNbr, OrderNbr, LineNbr
> 
> I want to find ALL the OrderHeader records that do NOT have any OrderDetail
> records. I'm drawing a blank right now.
> 
> Peace,

Too quiet!

-- 
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
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