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SQL Minus

The MINUS command operates on two SQL statements by taking the results from the first statement and subtracting any results that are also present in the second statement. It is used to find dates where there are store sales but no internet sales from two sample tables. The columns in the statements must match and it only returns distinct values.

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SQL Minus

The MINUS command operates on two SQL statements by taking the results from the first statement and subtracting any results that are also present in the second statement. It is used to find dates where there are store sales but no internet sales from two sample tables. The columns in the statements must match and it only returns distinct values.

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The MINUS command operates on two SQL statements.

It takes all the results from the


first SQL statement, and then subtract out the ones that are present in the second
SQL statement to get the final result set. If the second SQL statement includes
results not present in the first SQL statement, such results are ignored.
Syntax

The syntax for MINUS is as follows:

[SQL Statement 1]
MINUS
[SQL Statement 2];

The columns selected in [SQL Statement 1] and [SQL Statement 2] need to be of the
same data type for MINUS to work.
Example

We use the following tables for our example.

Table Store_Information
Store_Name Sales Txn_Date
Los Angeles 1500 Jan-05-1999
San Diego 250 Jan-07-1999
Los Angeles 300 Jan-08-1999
Boston 700 Jan-08-1999

Table Internet_Sales
Txn_Date Sales
Jan-07-1999 250
Jan-10-1999 535
Jan-11-1999 320
Jan-12-1999 750

To find all the dates where there are store sales but no internet sales, we use the
following SQL statement:

SELECT Txn_Date FROM Store_Information


MINUS
SELECT Txn_Date FROM Internet_Sales;

Result:

Txn_Date
Jan-05-1999
Jan-08-1999

'Jan-05-1999', 'Jan-07-1999';, and 'Jan-08-1999' are the distinct values returned


from SELECT Txn_Date FROM Store_Information. Out of the three dates, 'Jan-07-1999'
is also returned from the second SQL statement, SELECT Txn_Date FROM
Internet_Sales, so it is excluded from the final result set.

Please note that the MINUS command will only return distinct values.

Some databases may use EXCEPT instead of MINUS. Please check the documentation for
your specific database for the correct usage.

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