EXCEPT with ORDER BY Clause
We can enhance the result presentation by using the ORDER BY clause to arrange output based on specific columns.
SELECT CustomerID, CustomerName
FROM Customers
EXCEPT
SELECT PreferredCustomerID, CustomerName
FROM PreferredCustomers
ORDER BY CustomerID;
Output:
SQL Server EXCEPT Operator
Structured Query Language also known as SQL is a tool for storing, managing, and manipulating relational databases. SQL Server is a popular relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Microsoft, providing a variety of operators to perform different operations on given datasets. One such operator is the EXCEPT operator, which allows us to retrieve distinct rows from the result set of two queries. In this article, we will see the usage of the EXCEPT operator, explore its syntax, required prerequisites, and some practical examples.
Before we see the EXCEPT operator, we need some basic understanding of SQL and relational databases. You can refer to this article to get a basic understanding of the Structured Query Language.