Use of double Minus operator....

Hi ,
I have a situation where i need to use the minus operator in such a way that:
<sql_statement_A>
Minus
<sql_statement_B>
Minus
<sql_statement_C>
The resulting row set will return rows from sql_statement_A minus rows from sql_statement_B or sql_statement_A minus rows from sql_statement_C... Is the above sql pattern is correct....or , do i need to write two views
<sql_statement_A>
Minus
<sql_statement_B>
and
<sql_statement_A>
Minus
<sql_statement_C>
and one third making Union of the two above...????
many thanks,
Simon

If in doubt, use parentheses to make them run the way you want.
So..
(<sql_statement_A>
minus
<sql_statement_B>)
minus
<sql_statement_C>
Just like OR conditions in the where clause, grouping with parentheses will greatly help those who come later to maintain it. And this looks simpler and more efficient than using two minus operations and combining the result.

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801-971-6837
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I have two tables with 20 columns each, one table resides on one database and the other table is accesed through a db link. Both tables contains +800,000 records.
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Osymad wrote:
Hi all,
Please help me with this problem.
I have two tables with 20 columns each, one table resides on one database and the other table is accesed through a db link. Both tables contains +800,000 records.
I need to know the record differences between these two tables - this is a periodical process, not for once- , I am using a MINUS operation with full scan, the problem is that my query is taking long time to finish : +20 min. Also i tried witn COLUMN IN() instead MINUS but my query performance is worst.
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Edited by: Osymad on Jun 18, 2012 5:12 PMhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/issue-archive/2005/05-jan/o15asktom-084959.html
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