• Having said that, wouldn't you be looking for something like

    select #tmp.key1, #tmp.key2 FROM #tmp

    inner join

    (

    SELECT key1 FROM #tmp

    EXCEPT

    SELECT key1 FROM #tmp2

    ) q on #tmp.key1 = q.key1

    ?

    Regards

    Piotr

    ...and your only reply is slàinte mhath