Hi, the query below (ready to paste & run in the editor of your choice) works but I have a strong suspicion that it might be optimizable:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SecUserMembers; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS SecUserGroups; CREATE TABLE SecUserMembers( UserGrpID integer NOT NULL, UserID text NOT NULL, Active integer NOT NULL, A_Link integer NOT NULL, B_Link integer NOT NULL ); CREATE TABLE SecUserGroups( UserGrpID integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, GroupName text NOT NULL ); insert into SecUserGroups values (null, 'Alpha Group'); insert into SecUserGroups values (null, 'Beta Group'); insert into SecUserGroups values (null, 'Gamma Group'); insert into SecUserGroups values (null, 'Delta Group'); insert into SecUserMembers values (1, 'John Doe', 1, 0, 1); insert into SecUserMembers values (2, 'John Doe', 1, 1, 0); insert into SecUserMembers values (3, 'John Doe', 1, 1, 1); insert into SecUserMembers values (1, 'Jane Doe', 1, 1, 0); insert into SecUserMembers values (3, 'Jane Doe', 1, 0, 1); select SUG.UserGrpID, SUG.GroupName, SUM.A_Link, SUM.B_Link from SecUserGroups SUG left outer join SecUserMembers SUM on SUM.UserGrpID = SUG.UserGrpID where SUM.UserID = 'Jane Doe' union select SUG.UserGrpID, SUG.GroupName, 0, 0 from SecUserGroups SUG where UserGrpID not in (select UserGrpID from SecUserMembers where UserID = 'Jane Doe') Thanks in advance for any pointers, Kai _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users