SQL Server tutorial for beginners - SQL Server except operator

sql except example sql except operator example sql server except example sql server except order by sql server except clause SQL Server except operator In this video we will discuss SQL Server except operator with examples. Healthy diet is very important both for the body and mind. If you like Aarvi Kitchen recipes, please support by sharing, subscribing and liking our YouTube channel. Hope you can help. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sEwIXM_YfAMyonQCrGfWA/?sub_confirmation=1 EXCEPT operator returns unique rows from the left query that aren’t in the right query’s results. Introduced in SQL Server 2005 The number and the order of the columns must be the same in all queries The data types must be same or compatible This is similar to minus operator in oracle Let us understand this with an example. SQL Script to create the tables Create Table TableA ( Id int primary key, Name nvarchar(50), Gender nvarchar(10) ) Go Insert into TableA values (1, 'Mark', 'Male') Insert into TableA values (2, 'Mary', 'Female') Insert into TableA values (3, 'Steve', 'Male') Insert into TableA values (4, 'John', 'Male') Insert into TableA values (5, 'Sara', 'Female') Go Create Table TableB ( Id int primary key, Name nvarchar(50), Gender nvarchar(10) ) Go Insert into TableB values (4, 'John', 'Male') Insert into TableB values (5, 'Sara', 'Female') Insert into TableB values (6, 'Pam', 'Female') Insert into TableB values (7, 'Rebeka', 'Female') Insert into TableB values (8, 'Jordan', 'Male') Go Notice that the following query returns the unique rows from the left query that aren’t in the right query’s results. Select Id, Name, Gender From TableA Except Select Id, Name, Gender From TableB To retrieve all of the rows from Table B that does not exist in Table A, reverse the two queries as shown below. Select Id, Name, Gender From TableB Except Select Id, Name, Gender From TableA You can also use Except operator on a single table. SQL script to create tblEmployees table Create table tblEmployees ( Id int identity primary key, Name nvarchar(100), Gender nvarchar(10), Salary int ) Go Insert into tblEmployees values ('Mark', 'Male', 52000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Mary', 'Female', 55000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Steve', 'Male', 45000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('John', 'Male', 40000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Sara', 'Female', 48000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Pam', 'Female', 60000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Tom', 'Male', 58000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('George', 'Male', 65000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Tina', 'Female', 67000) Insert into tblEmployees values ('Ben', 'Male', 80000) Go Except operator on a single table Select Id, Name, Gender, Salary From tblEmployees Where Salary ]= 50000 Except Select Id, Name, Gender, Salary From tblEmployees Where Salary ]= 60000 Order By clause should be used only once after the right query Select Id, Name, Gender, Salary From tblEmployees Where Salary ]= 50000 Except Select Id, Name, Gender, Salary From tblEmployees Where Salary ]= 60000 order By Name Text version of the video http://csharp-video-tutorials.blogspot.com/2015/09/sql-server-except-operator.html Slides http://csharp-video-tutorials.blogspot.com/2015/09/adsbygoogle-window.html All SQL Server Text Articles http://csharp-video-tutorials.blogspot.com/p/free-sql-server-video-tutorials-for.html All SQL Server Slides http://csharp-video-tutorials.blogspot.com/p/sql-server.html All Dot Net and SQL Server Tutorials in English https://www.youtube.com/user/kudvenkat/playlists?view=1&sort=dd All Dot Net and SQL Server Tutorials in Arabic https://www.youtube.com/c/KudvenkatArabic/playlists