Re: Select from Java Strings

In article <4E116E11.1030209@gmail.com>,
Daron Ryan  writes:

> Hello David,
> This is a simplified version of my own attempt:

> SELECT *
> FROM ("oxford", "webster")
> WHERE NOT ( columnName = ANY (SELECT name FROM dictionaries))

> The idea is that "oxford" and "webster" come from the Java program end up
> in the column called columnName.

If the list is not very long, you could use a VALUES expression:

SELECT g.x
FROM (VALUES ('oxford'), ('webster')) AS g(x)
WHERE g.x NOT IN (SELECT name FROM dictionaries)