Trouble excluding from a where statement

  • So, you only want to exclude rows where varA = 1 and varB = 'Green'.

    WHERE NOT (varA = 1 AND varB = 'Green')

    Assuming that varA and varB are actually columns here. If they are actually variables, then you will either get all rows - or none, depending on the values in the variables.

    If your requirements are to include all rows where varA = 1 and varB = 'Green', but only when they are not on the same row:

    WHERE (varA = 1 AND varB <> 'Green')

    OR (varA <> 1 AND varB = 'Green')

    Or - this should work, but test it...

    WHERE (varA = 1 OR varB = 'Green')

    AND NOT (varA = 1 AND varB = 'Green')

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  • Yes.

    WHERE NOT (varA = 1 AND varB = 'Green') is exactly what I was looking for.

    I knew it was something really simple. It was driving me nuts that I couldn't think of it. Thank you!

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