I have this query which essentially returns records that exist in one table (studentclass) and not another (effortandattainment) to check when teachers have entered their student grades. select distinct(studentclass.studentclassid),classes.subject,studentclass.studentid as classstudent,classes.teacher,students.studentid,students.firstname,students.surname from studentclass left join effortandattainment on(effortandattainment.classid=studentclass.classid and effortandattainment.studentid=studentclass.studentid),students,classes where students.studentid=studentclass.studentid and studentclass.classid=classes.classid and studentclass.classid not in ( select studentclass.classid from studentclass inner join effortandattainment on(effortandattainment.classid=studentclass.classid and effortandattainment.studentid=studentclass.studentid) ) I was wondering whether a simpler method exists to do the same thing or is this OK. Regards Garry
