mysql getting orphan records

[julian_m]

I'm working with mysql without referential itegrity.
Let me make some small example:

tableA
+-----------+---------------+
| id_1 | data_1 |
+-----------+---------------+
| 1 | bla1 |
| 2 | bla2 |
| 3 | bla3 |
+-----------+---------------+

tableB

+-----------+------------+
| id_2 | fk_1 |
+-----------+------------+
| 2_1 | 1 |
| 2_2 | 3 |
| 2_3 | 6 |
+-----------+------------+

Every record on tableA, should have at least 1 record on tableB, linked
trhough fk_1, but as times goes

on, and due users doing wrong things, there could be problems.

For instance, in the above example, there is one record in tableA
(id_1=2) that has no related record on

tableB , and there is one record in tableB (id_2=2_3) whose fk_1 value
doesn't exists on tableA

Now the question:
1) How could I select all records on tableA which has no related
records on tableB?
2) How could I select all records on tableB which has no related
records on tableA?

I've been tring with left and right joins, but I can't figure out how
to do in order to get just "orphan"

records instead full sets

regards - julian

[Bill Karwin]

julian_m wrote:

Now the question:
1) How could I select all records on tableA which has no related
records on tableB?
SELECT tableA.id_1
FROM tableA LEFT OUTER JOIN tableB ON tableA.id_1 = tableB.fk_1
WHERE tableB.fk_1 IS NULL;
2) How could I select all records on tableB which has no related
records on tableA?

SELECT tableB.id_2
FROM tableA RIGHT OUTER JOIN tableB ON tableA.id_1 = tableB.fk_1
WHERE tableA.id_1 IS NULL;

Regards,
Bill K.

[julian_m]

Many thanks Bill.

regards- julian