{"id":8742,"date":"2024-03-14T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-usage-of-the-minus-function-in-oracle\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T09:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:04:52","slug":"how-is-the-usage-of-the-minus-function-in-oracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-usage-of-the-minus-function-in-oracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle MINUS Function Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MINUS function in Oracle is used to subtract results from the first query from results of the second query, returning all rows that belong to the first query but not the second. The syntax is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>SELECT column1, column2, ...\r\nFROM table1\r\nMINUS\r\nSELECT column1, column2, ...\r\nFROM table2;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will return the rows selected from table1 that are not selected in table2. 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