the trick is to join the table agaisnt itself.
With MyCTE (GroupID,Item,Permission)
AS
(
SELECT '123','D-Report','Y' UNION ALL
SELECT '123','G-Report','Y' UNION ALL
SELECT '134','D-Report','Y' UNION ALL
SELECT '134','G-Report','N'
)
SELECT * FROM MyCTE T1
LEFT OUTER JOIN MyCTE T2
ON T1.Item = T2.Item
AND T1.GroupID = '123'
AND T2.GroupID = '134'
WHERE T1.Permission <> T2.Permission
Lowell