Re: Comparing data in two tables

I want to find out if they don't match so my program can handle the
problem gracefully. This means the user missed something and needs to
fix it. This is in a web application and a green-screen application.
All I am returning in the program is true/false.

Both tables I just created views for. Previously they were sql
statements. This is an integral part of our leave request/time sheet
application.

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On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

MR = Matching Record.  (This the easy way to do your problem, but its
pretty old fashioned.  ;)

What do you want to have happen?  Just tip a flag if there is a problem
anywhere in the files, or make a list of the problems?  Will this be on
a screen, or in a report?

Are the two files keyed?  If keyed, are they keyed alike?

Is this a one-shot, or is this an exception report that will be run
regularly?




On 3/9/2011 3:50 PM, Mike Wills wrote:

What is MR?

For some visual reference here is what I am looking for:

This is what I need to make sure is true.

Table 1
02  1.5
04  16.0

Table 2
02  1.5
04  16.0

The problem is when

Table 1
02  1.5

Table 2
02  1.5
04  16.0

or when

Table 1
02  1.5
04  16.0

Table 2
02  1.5

or more so when

Table 1
02  1.5
04  16.0

Table 2


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On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Raul A. Jager W.<raul@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

MR?

Mike Wills wrote:

I have two tables that I need to compare to make sure the values
match. For context, one is the employee's time sheet and the other is
a table to holds their requests. Each has a time sheet code and a
number of hours. My plan was to compare by summary to see if they
match. However, I am having problems getting my logic to work
perfectly every time. Without me posting my code (it is becoming a
mess quickly anyway), how would you approach this?

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