How to return rows from left table not found in right table?

Question

I have two tables with similar column names and I need to return records from the left table which are not found in the right table? I have a primary key(column) which will

Answer 1

I can't add anything but a code example to the other two answers: however, I find it can be useful to see it in action (the other answers, in my opinion, are better because they explain it).

DECLARE @testLeft TABLE (ID INT, SomeValue VARCHAR(1))
DECLARE @testRight TABLE (ID INT, SomeOtherValue VARCHAR(1))

INSERT INTO @testLeft (ID, SomeValue) VALUES (1, 'A')
INSERT INTO @testLeft (ID, SomeValue) VALUES (2, 'B')
INSERT INTO @testLeft (ID, SomeValue) VALUES (3, 'C')


INSERT INTO @testRight (ID, SomeOtherValue) VALUES (1, 'X')
INSERT INTO @testRight (ID, SomeOtherValue) VALUES (3, 'Z')

SELECT l.*
FROM 
    @testLeft l
     LEFT JOIN 
    @testRight r ON 
        l.ID = r.ID
WHERE r.ID IS NULL