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ann
Posting Yak Master

220 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-20 : 14:44:37

I always get this wrong. This is what my query looks like:

SELECT AcctID, Status, queuedTo
FROM Accts
where queuedto = 4 AND (Status != 'Canceled' OR status != 'sold'))

All I want are all the status's not equal to Canceled or Sold, but no matter how I write this, I always still end up with results with either

Can anyone help?

Thanks

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-20 : 14:52:36

[code]WHERE
queuedto = 4
AND STATUS NOT IN ( 'Canceled' ,'sold')[/code]

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-20 : 14:53:16

It doesn't sound like you want OR then, but I can't tell from your wording without a data sample. Try this:

SELECT AcctID, Status, queuedTo
FROM Accts
where queuedto = 4 AND Status <> 'Canceled' AND status <> 'sold'

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ann
Posting Yak Master

220 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-20 : 15:03:55

Neither of those results are right, because they ignore Null values.
Yes, I should have given example, here it is:

Table:
AcctID Status QueuedTo
1 Null 4
2 Active 4
3 Sold 5
4 Sold 4
5 Canceled 4

Results wanted:
1, Null, 4
2, Active, 4

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-20 : 15:09:10

[code]WHERE
queuedto = 4
AND (STATUS NOT IN ( 'Canceled' ,'sold')
OR STATUS is NULL);
[/code]

ann
Posting Yak Master

220 Posts

Posted - 2012-03-20 : 15:10:36

Thanks - that's it

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