RE: SQL question

["Coy Krill" <coyk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The following will give you all the records in table1 that do not exist
in table two:

select a.key, a.description from table1 a
exception join table2 b using (key);

further, this will copy the missing records from table1 into table2

insert into table2 (
select a.key, a.description from table1 a
exception join table2 b using (key)
)


Coy Krill
Systems Analyst
Whidbey Island Bank


-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces+coyk=wibank.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:java400-l-bounces+coyk=wibank.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ashish Kulkarni
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 13:58
To: java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SQL question

Hi
I have 2 tables which has similar structure, i want to
write a sql statement to compare the 2 tables and find
the missing keys from one
For example 
Table 1
Key    Description
001    This is one
002    This is two

Table 2
Key    Description
001    this is one

Now i want to write a query to find out, 002 is
missing in table 2, and may be a query to insert 002
into table2
Any ideas?

Ashish

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