Re: [SQL] Finding missing records...

> Greetings,
>
> I have two tables that maintain a 1:1 relationship via an int based primary
> key. A record in the primary table should never exist without an
> associated record in the secondary table, however somehow this has
> happened. Can someone demonstrate a query that would show all records in
> the primary table that do not have associated records in the secondary table?

SELECT att_pk FROM tab_pk WHERE NOT EXISTS
(SELECT att_fk FROM tab_fk WHERE att_fk = att_pk);

This is the SQL3 referential definition of PENDANT. It'll not
be in the FOREIGN KEY support of 7.0, but we'll discuss if we
implement it for 7.1 (even if it will be damned slooooow if
done on every delete/update to an FK table).

Jan

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