如何用LEFT OUTER JOIN等效替换复杂的SQL MINUS查询

Question

试图找出如何替换以下内容,使用等效的左外连接:

select distinct(a.some_value)
from table_a a, table_b b
where a.id = b.a_id 
and b.some_id = 123
and b.create_date < '2014-01-01' 
and b.create_date >= '2013-12-01'  
MINUS
select distinct(a.some_value)
from table_a a, table_b b
where a.id = b.a_id 
and b.some_id = 123 
and b.create_date < '2013-12-01' 

不能做"NOT IN",因为第二个查询有太多数据.

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM
(
  select distinct(a.some_value)
  from table_a a, table_b b
  where a.id = b.a_id 
  and b.some_id = 123
  and b.create_date < '2014-01-01' 
  and b.create_date >= '2013-12-01'  
) x
LEFT JOIN 
(
  select distinct(a.some_value)
  from table_a a, table_b b
  where a.id = b.a_id 
  and b.some_id = 123 
  and b.create_date < '2013-12-01'
) y
ON 
  x.some_value = y.some_value
WHERE 
  y.some_value IS NULL