> 3. select into destinationtable from temptable where
> temptable.primarykey not exists
> ( select destinationtable.primarykey
> from destination table
> );
Richard,
thanks for the lead...
this worked...
select product_number, product_name,
product_description, quality_standard,
product_entry_date --into t_product
from t_temp
where not exists
( select product_number
from t_product
where t_temp.product_number =
t_product.product_number
)
;
i did have to add a where clause in the subselect to
get what i was after.
"select into" appears to work only with a new table.
iow i can't select into t_product since it already
exists.
that leaves me needing to combine t_products and
t_select_into_output_table.
any ideas?
ps - maybe select into can work with existing tables,
but i don't know how.
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