Vinoth is currently a Senior SQL Server DBA and 10 years of experience as SQL Server DBA. Started my career as a DBA in SQL 6.5/7 has worked in all subsequent SQL Server version. Vinoth has worked in some of the largest SQL server environments in the world in various domains ranging from Finance, Retail, Manufacturing, Consulting, Web etc. Vinoth has Engineering Degree in Computer Science and has certified in MCITP - Database Adminstrator in 2008/2005, MCDBA and ITIL Foundation V3.

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Replace NOT IN with JOIN

Example of how to replace NOT IN clause with JOIN

/*NOT IN query*/
USEAdventureWorks;GOSELECTProductIDFROMProduction.ProductWHEREProductIDNOTIN(SELECTProductIDFROMProduction.WorkOrder);

/*JOIN Query*/:-
SELECTp.ProductIDFROMProduction.ProductpLEFTJOINProduction.WorkOrderwONp.ProductID=w.ProductIDWHEREw.ProductIDISNULL;

2012-08-02

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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User

On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:

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SELECT CURRENT_USER
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