hi,
I have 2 tables I want to develop a comparison query for. i want the output
to be like this:

3 columns:
acct# intable1? intable2?


so the query should pull all account numbers from both tables, but the
output should be listed in 3 columns as above. i want to see if an account
number is in both tables, and if not, in which table?

thanks in advance,
geebee

geebee wrote:
> hi,
> I have 2 tables I want to develop a comparison query for. i want the output
> to be like this:
>
> 3 columns:
> acct# intable1? intable2?
>
>
> so the query should pull all account numbers from both tables, but the
> output should be listed in 3 columns as above. i want to see if an account
> number is in both tables, and if not, in which table?

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Just use 2 queries:

What acct_nbrs are in table1 and NOT in table2?

SELECT table1.acct_nbr
FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.acct_nbr = table2.acct_nbr
WHERE table2.acct_nbr IS NULL


What acct_nbrs are in table2 and NOT in table1?

SELECT table2.acct_nbr
FROM table2 LEFT JOIN table1 ON table1.acct_nbr = table2.acct_nbr
WHERE table1.acct_nbr IS NULL

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