Re: SQL issue with EXISTS not "working"

If he uses UNIONs even the duplicates in each file will be removed.

On 10/23/2014 11:37 AM, John R. Smith, Jr. wrote:

Are the duplicates records that are already in common_file or are you
getting duplicates from FILE_A? If the latter, try select distinct *
from...

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Darryl Freinkel
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:56 AM
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Subject: SQL issue with EXISTS not "working"

I need some help on this one.

I am merging 5 company records into 1 file and need to drop any duplicates.
This is the statement:
INSERT INTO COMMON_FILE
(SELECT * FROM FILE_A A1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM COMMON_FILE A2 WHERE A1.ITEM = A2.ITEM))

Problem:
The exists is not working and as a result the insert is inserting
duplicates.

What alternative ways are there to achieve this merge or what mistake am I
not seeing?

I have 5 similar SQL statements to run.

TIA

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