PHP MySQL report

[sparkes]

Hi Guys,
I have an array of data, that I want to compare against a field in my db, and drag out the items in the db that are NOT in the array..

Any ideas please...


TIA

[Anyango]

Hi Sparkes, Welcome to WebmasterWorld

select * from table where field not in ("item1","item2","item3")

and so on.

You can create a comma seperated list of your array items by using php's implode function

[sparkes]

perfect, it's too easy to start looking at complicated solutions, when a nice simple one liner is there..

Thank v much

[sparkes]

Ahh one possible stumbling block, the array can have over 1000 elements ! Will that be ok ?

[enigma1]

There is a mysql setting "max_allowed_packet" and puts a cap to the max length of your mysql statement. Default is 1MB so you should be ok.

[Anyango]

You might want to store those 1000+ items in a table and then run a join to grab only the results that dont have those vlaues. if the table is large then this IN() with 1k+ values might slow your query down

[sparkes]

Am pleased to say that it works ok, no significant speed issue. In reality it doesn't pull that much data..

The DB only has 9k rows, so nothing to worry about there..