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SQL Anti-Join for Missing Rows
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SQL Anti-Join for Missing Rows

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

How would you write a SQL query to get all rows from one table that do not appear in another table, where one table key is a column in the other?

Use the provided tables and return every source row whose key has no matching value in the reference table.

Output

  1. Return source_record_id, key_value, and source_label.
  2. Include one row per qualifying source record, including source rows with a NULL key.
  3. Order by source_record_id ascending.

Schema

source_records
ColumnTypeDescription
source_record_idPKINTUnique identifier for the source row
key_valueVARCHAR(20)Key used to compare source and reference records
source_labelVARCHAR(100)Descriptive label for the source row
reference_records
ColumnTypeDescription
reference_record_idPKINTUnique identifier for the reference row
key_valueVARCHAR(20)Key that may match a source record
reference_labelVARCHAR(100)Descriptive label for the reference row
Tablessource_recordsreference_records
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