How to select from MySQL table A that does not exist in table B?

You can use IN operator to select from one table that does not exist in another. To understand the above syntax, let us create a table.

The first table name is A and second table name is B. The query to create a table is as follows

mysql> create table A
   -> (
   -> Value int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)

Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command.

The query is as follows

mysql> insert into A values(10);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
mysql> insert into A values(20);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into A values(30);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into A values(50);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> insert into A values(80);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement.

The query is as follows

mysql> select *from A;

The following is the output

+-------+
| Value |
+-------+
| 10    |
| 20    |
| 30    |
| 50    |
| 80    |
+-------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to create second table with the name B

mysql> create table B
   -> (
   -> Value2 int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.65 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command.

The query is as follows

mysql> insert into B values(20);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into B values(50);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Now you can display all records from the table using select statement.

The query is as follows

mysql> select *from B;

The following is the output

+--------+
| Value2 |
+--------+
| 20     |
| 50     |
+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to select from table A which does not exist in table B

mysql> SELECT * FROM A WHERE Value NOT IN (SELECT Value2 FROM B);

The following is the output

+-------+
| Value |
+-------+
| 10    |
| 30    |
| 80    |
+-------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Ankith Reddy

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Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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