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user1266896
user1266896

Reputation: 37

Exclude rows where value in column not found in another row

This is a followup to a previous question to a previous but in reverse of Find rows where value in column not found in another row

Given one table, Table1, with columns Key1 (int), Key2 (int), and Type (varchar)...

I would like to exclude any two rows where Type is equal to 'TypeA' and Key2 is Null that have a corresponding row in the table where Type is equal to 'TypeB' and Key2 is equal to Key1 from another row.

So, given the data

**KEY1**     **Key2**     **Type**
   1           NULL         TypeA
   2           5            TypeA
   3           1            TypeB
   4           NULL         TypeA
   5           NULL         TypeB
   6           26           TypeC
   7           NULL         TypeD
   8           NULL         TypeD

I would like to return all the rows except where Key=1 and Key=3 because those rows together meet the criteria of Type='TypeA'/Key2=NULL and does have a corresponding row with Type='TypeB'/Key1=Key2.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 122

Answers (2)

Menelaos
Menelaos

Reputation: 26609

Here is a solution using not exists which should be faster than a left outer join (see: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2010/03/23/left-outer-join-vs-not-exists/ ). 

SELECT *
FROM demo d1
WHERE NOT ((TYPE LIKE 'TypeA'
            AND Key2 IS NULL
            AND EXISTS
              (SELECT 1
               FROM demo d2
               WHERE d2.TYPE='TypeB'
                 AND d2.Key2 = d1.key1))
           OR (TYPE LIKE 'TypeB'
               AND Key2 IS NOT NULL
               AND EXISTS
                 (SELECT 1
                  FROM demo d2
                  WHERE d2.TYPE='TypeA'
                    AND d2.Key1 = d1.key2)));

You should have indexes on key1 and key2. 

CREATE INDEX index_key1
ON demo (key1);

CREATE INDEX index_key2
ON demo (key2);

Upvotes: 1

JohnLBevan
JohnLBevan

Reputation: 24470

Try this: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!6/fffcb/2

select a.*
from demo a
left outer join demo b
on 
(
  b.key2 = a.key1
  and a.[Type] = 'TypeA'
  and b.[Type] = 'TypeB'
  and a.Key2 is null
)
or
(
  b.key1 = a.key2
  and b.[Type] = 'TypeA'
  and a.[Type] = 'TypeB'
  and b.Key2 is null
)
where b.key1 is null

Upvotes: 1

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