Whenever you are trying to exclude a list, you should use AND, not OR. This is a logic issue. However, to make it more exact, streamlined and simpler use the NOT IN clause. SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE country NOT IN ('Argentina', 'USA', 'Mexico', etc.) -----Original Message----- From: php-db-digest-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:php-db-digest-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tue 7/20/2004 4:40 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: [BULK] - php-db Digest 20 Jul 2004 23:40:15 -0000 Issue 2503 php-db Digest 20 Jul 2004 23:40:15 -0000 Issue 2503 Topics (messages 35403 through 35420): Re: howto get PK id after INSERT?? 35403 by: Vincent Jordan 35404 by: Jason Wong 35405 by: jeffrey_n_Dyke.Keane.com 35410 by: John W. Holmes MySQL '!=' ??? 35406 by: Tristan.Pretty.risk.sungard.com 35407 by: Hutchins, Richard 35408 by: VANDOORINE A RsrhCppRfaRva Re: Wait Statement... ? 35409 by: John W. Holmes 35413 by: Daevid Vincent 35414 by: John W. Holmes 35415 by: Ignatius Reilly 35416 by: Pablo M. Rivas 35417 by: Tim Van Wassenhove 35418 by: Jason Wong 35420 by: John W. Holmes Re: DB table creation question 35411 by: Swan, Nicole pg_end_copy error using PHP with PostgreSQL 35412 by: Robert Fitzpatrick Concurrent rutines 35419 by: Luis Morales Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: php-db-digest-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: php-db-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To post to the list, e-mail: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------