product_id | category --------------------- 1 | A 1 | B 2 | A 3 | B
I would like to know which unique ids belong to category A but NOT category B.
In the example above, only id: 2
would be a valid result
I came up with this which does not work as intended:
SELECT id FROM table WHERE category = 'A' AND category <> 'B' GROUP BY id
A valid approach would be to use a subquery
SELECT id FROM table WHERE category = 'A' AND id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM table WHERE category = 'B')
Is it possible to do this with a single query?
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Answer
Use a self-join:
SELECT t1.id FROM table AS t1 LEFT JOIN table AS t2 ON t1.id = t2.id AND t2.category = 'B' WHERE t1.category = 'A' and t2.id IS NULL
Another way is with grouping:
SELECT id FROM table WHERE category IN ('A', 'B') GROUP BY id HAVING MAX(category) = 'A'