Ms SQL server compare 2 tables for records not existing

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Please review and give the most appropriate select statement to compare
2 tables for records not existing

ms sql server compare 2 tables for records not existing

Please provide the fastest select statement .

Thanks

What I have tried:

SQL

SELECT a.name 
FROM a
WHERE a.joint_id NOT IN ( SELECT b.joint_id
FROM b 
)

Posted 13-Mar-18 5:48am

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Updated 13-Mar-18 7:40am

Maciej Los

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-03-13T06:04:00

Solution 1

That's the most efficient. See here: NOT IN vs. NOT EXISTS vs. LEFT JOIN / IS NULL[^]

Posted 13-Mar-18 6:04am

OriginalGriff