left join where b.key is null by two columns

Question

I have two tables.

  table_1       | table_2
id col_1 | col_2 | col_1 | col_2
1  1     | B     | 1     | B
2  1     | C     | 3     | C
3  1     | D     | 5     | D
....

I write this query

SELECT *
    FROM table_1 t1
    LEFT JOIN table_2 t2 ON t1.col_1 = t2.col_1
    WHERE t1.col_1 = 1
        AND (
            t2.col_1 IS NULL
            AND t2.col_1 != 'B'
            )

I want get this result.

table_1          |
id col_1 | col_2 |
2  1     | C     |
3  1     | D     |

How can I do that? Thanks!

Update question

Table 1 - PriceItems, Table 2 - BlockedPrices, col1 - Code, col2 - Brand.

I want to get all PriceItems current code and all brands exept codes from BlockesPrices.

Answer 1

I think this is what you're looking for:

Select      t1.*
From        table_1 t1
Left Join   table_2 t2  On  t1.col_1 = t2.col_1
                        And t2.col_1 != 'B'
Where       t1.col_1 = 1
And         t2.col_1 Is Not Null

As I understand your question, you're looking to do a LEFT JOIN on the second table, but have the case where t2.col_1 = 'B' excluded from your final result.

In this case, you'll need to move the condition t2.col_1 = 'B' to your ON clause to have records that don't match both of the LEFT JOIN conditions come back as NULL .

The reason you might have seen strange results is due to the AND t2.col_1 != 'B' condition in your WHERE clause. This causes the filter to happen after the LEFT JOIN , which will further filter those results (thus, effectively transforming the LEFT JOIN into an INNER JOIN .

Edit, question changed:

Based on the new information in the question, you are using the second table as an exclusion table, and want to remove the results from the first table that appear in the second.

For this, you don't need a JOIN at all, you can just do it with a WHERE NOT EXISTS as follows:

Select  *
From    PriceItems  P
Where Not Exists
(
    Select  *
    From    BlockedPrices   B
    Where   P.Code = B.Code
    And     P.Brand = B.Brand
)
And     P.Code = 1

Answer 2

This produces the output you want and it seems much simpler:

select t1.id, t1.col1, t1.col2
from t1 join
     t2
     on t2.col2 = t1.col2
where t1.col1 <> 'B';

Strictly speaking, the join is not necessary, but I assume your real problem is more complex.

Answer 3

You only want results from table_1, so you don't even need a join.

select * 
from table_1 t1
where not exists (
  select 1 
  from table_2 t2
  where t1.col_1 = t2.col_1 
    and t2.col_2 = t2.col_2
)

You can provide any other where condition in the inner select statement to specify what type of match should disqualify table_1 records from being listed.

For example, you could add and t2.price > 2000 to the inner where condition to disqualify all records from table_1 that have matching record in table_2 with price above 2000.