On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 5:21 AM Thomas Kellerer <spam_ea...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Thomas Kellerer schrieb am 07.12.2018 um 13:48: > > Chris Wilson schrieb am 07.12.2018 um 13:39: > >> However, if we try to invert it by using the != operator, then we get > unexpected results: > >> > >> select * from foo where id NOT IN (1, 2); /* returns row 3 only, as > expected */ > >> select * from foo where id != ANY (ARRAY[1, 2]); /* returns all rows, > unexpected */ > > > id <> ANY (...) means: return "true" if at least one of the elements is > not equal to the value on the left side. > > > > What you are looking for is the ALL operator > > > > select * > > from foo > > where id <> ALL (ARRAY[1, 2]); > > > > That is essentially the equivalent to NOT IN > See here for a longer explanation: > > https://stackoverflow.com/a/10675636 > > > You can also just do this: select * from foo where NOT id = ANY (ARRAY[1, 2]); Cheers, Ken -- AGENCY Software A Free Software data system By and for non-profits *http://agency-software.org/ <http://agency-software.org/>* *https://demo.agency-software.org/client <https://demo.agency-software.org/client>* ken.tan...@agency-software.org (253) 245-3801 Subscribe to the mailing list <agency-general-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?body=subscribe> to learn more about AGENCY or follow the discussion.