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

create table B (id int)
insert into B values (10),(11),(12),(13),(14)

select *
from B
left join A 
on A.id=B.id
where A.id is null

drop table B

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!6/6666c1/30

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ids (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY);

INSERT
INTO    ids
VALUES
(10),
(11),
(12),
(13),
(14);

SELECT  *
FROM    ids
WHERE   id NOT IN
        (
        SELECT  id
        FROM    a
        );

Answer 4

You can do this from SQL Server 2008 onwards using a table value constructor.

SELECT * FROM (
   VALUES(1, 'red'),
         (2, 'orange'),
         (5, 'yellow'),
         (10, 'green'),
         (11, 'blue'),
         (12, 'indigo'),
         (20, 'violet'))
   AS Colors(Id, Value)

More information here: Table Value Constructor