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Hi,

you only want to see the rows that are either different or do not exist?

IMHO joining is the wrong way, what you need is merging.

The following statement returns all rows that are not identical:

( Select * from Table1
Except
Select * from Table2)
Union
( Select * from Table2
Except
Select * from Table1)


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von David FOXWELL
Gesendet: Thursday, 10. March 2011 14:39
An: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Betreff: Full outer join to show differences

Hi,

I'm comparing 2 tables after a test with a full outer join ie

select * from before b full outer join after a on b.id=a.id

But I only want to see the data that's different in the after table or not
there at all, ie null in that select.

So I add
where a.data<>b.data

This now excludes the missing after lines.

So I need something like

select * from before b full outer join after a on b.id=a.id
where a.data<>b.data or
b.data= null

How do I get those null rows?


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