Select NOT IN multiple columns
I need to implement the following query SELECT * FROM friend WHERE ( friend.id1, friend.id2 ) NOT IN (SELECT id1, id2 FROM likes) but NOT IN can't be implemented on multiple columns. How do I write this query I'm not sure whether you think about: select * from friend f where not exists ( select 1 from likes l where f.id1 = l.id and f.id2 = l.id2 ) it works only if id1 is related with id1 and id2 with id2 not both. Erwin Brandstetter Another mysteriously unknown RDBMS. Your Syntax is perfectly fine in PostgreSQL. Other query styles may perform faster (especially the NOT EXISTS variant or a LEFT