Chris, Basic logic from De Morgan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan's_laws ).... "not X and not Y" is equivalent to "not (X or Y)", which would be "not(month=5 or year=2012) in your first query. Likewise, in your second query: "not X or not Y" is equivalent to "not (X and Y)", which would be not(monty=5 and year=2012) Toon On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Taylor, Chris David < ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm a bit fuzzy at the moment due to pain meds after a minor surgery so > I'm hoping someone can spot my error (if I have an error) > > Table has months, years and 'x' number of rows for each > > The table has Years 2011 and 2012 > In 2011, it has months 1-12 > And in 2012 it has months 1-5 > > I run this: > Select month, year, count(*) -- month, and year are actual column names > From some_table > Where (month != 5 and year != 2012) > Group by month, year > / > > The data set I get is Months 6-12 for 2011 *ONLY* > > Shouldn't that query *ONLY* exclude MONTH=5 and YEAR 12 together? > (instead of ALL 2012 and ALL 5s?) > > > > > Chris Taylor > > "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent > effort." > -- John Ruskin (English Writer 1819-1900) > > Any views and/or opinions expressed herein are my own and do not > necessarily reflect the views of Ingram Industries, its affiliates, its > subsidiaries or its employees. > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Toon Koppelaars RuleGen BV Toon.Koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx www.RuleGen.com TheHelsinkiDeclaration.blogspot.com (co)Author: "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals" www.rulegen.com/am4dp-backcover-text -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l