Question

I have two tables which are combined via a MAP table

Table ANIMAL:
+------+--------------+
| id   |  description |
+------+--------------+
|  2   |  Ape         |
|  3   |  Lion        |
+------+--------------+


Table MAP:
+-----------+---------+
| animal_id | legs_id |
+-----------+---------+
|   2       | 11      |
+-----------+---------+


Table LEGS:
+------+--------------+
|  id  |     legs     |
+------+--------------+
| 10   |      4       |
| 11   |      2       |
+------+--------------+

I need the animals that have no map entry in the LEGS table, something like this:

 !(select *  
  from ANIMAL as a  
  JOIN MAP as m ON (a.id = m.animal_id)  
  JOIN LEGS as l ON (m.legs_id = l.id) )

which should give me ‘Lion’ as result

Answer 1

use LEFT JOIN

SELECT  a.*
FROM    animal a
        LEFT JOIN Map b
            On a.id = b.animal_id
WHERE   b.animal_id IS NULL

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