Create an inline SQL table on the fly (for an excluding left join)

Question

Let\'s assume the following:

Table A

id | value
----------
1   | red
2   | orange
5   | yellow
10  | green
11  | blue
12  | indigo
20  | violet
         


        

Answer 1

You can create an "inline table" with a UNION subquery:

(
            SELECT 10 AS id
  UNION ALL SELECT 11 UNION ALL SELECT 12 UNION ALL SELECT 13 UNION ALL SELECT 14
  -- etc.
) AS inline_table