On 10/08/2007 21:42, Scott Marlowe wrote:
Show us the query when you're done, I'm sure there are enough folks
who'd like to see your solution.
Here's what I came up with:
select distinct ip.person_id from items_for_people ip
where exists (
(
select item_id from items
where is_required = true
)
except
(
select ip2.item_id from items_for_people ip2
inner join items i on (ip2.item_id = i.item_id)
where ip2.person_id = ip.person_id
and i.is_required = true
)
)
This finds all those who don't have all the required items, whatever
else they may have.
Comments and improvements are welcome!
Thanks for the help,
Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland
rod@xxxxxx
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