How to compare two fields, from 2 tables in 2 different databases ?

Hey im trying to do the following in PHP:

Connect to 2 different databases, one named complete and one
incomplete.

My goal is to find whats missing in the "incomplete" database.

The fields i want to compare in the database/table is named 'name' in
both. This field is comtaining unique names

How would you guys do that? arr1 vs arr2 compare or maybe some left
join sql?
I want to output the diff to screen.

Anyone can show me a sample, to get me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance
Jan

alter.fire wrote:
> Hey im trying to do the following in PHP:
>
> Connect to 2 different databases, one named complete and one
> incomplete.
>
> My goal is to find whats missing in the "incomplete" database.
>
> The fields i want to compare in the database/table is named 'name' in
> both. This field is comtaining unique names
>
> How would you guys do that? arr1 vs arr2 compare or maybe some left
> join sql?
> I want to output the diff to screen.
>
> Anyone can show me a sample, to get me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jan

Not too hard to do in php... Make 2 arrays with the names and array_diff
them.

On May 12, 6:26 am, Mike Lahey <mikey6...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> alter.fire wrote:
> > Hey im trying to do the following in PHP:
>
> > Connect to 2 different databases, one named complete and one
> > incomplete.
>
> > My goal is to find whats missing in the "incomplete" database.
>
> > The fields i want to compare in the database/table is named 'name' in
> > both. This field is comtaining unique names
>
> > How would you guys do that? arr1 vs arr2 compare or maybe some left
> > join sql?
> > I want to output the diff to screen.
>
> > Anyone can show me a sample, to get me in the right direction?
>
> > Thanks in advance
> > Jan
>
> Not too hard to do in php... Make 2 arrays with the names and array_diff
> them.

I don't think it displays a nice difference ?

alter.fire wrote:
> Hey im trying to do the following in PHP:
>
> Connect to 2 different databases, one named complete and one
> incomplete.
>
> My goal is to find whats missing in the "incomplete" database.
>
> The fields i want to compare in the database/table is named 'name' in
> both. This field is comtaining unique names
>
> How would you guys do that? arr1 vs arr2 compare or maybe some left
> join sql?
> I want to output the diff to screen.
>
> Anyone can show me a sample, to get me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jan
>

I'm assuming you're using MySQL - just because most people here are. If
so, you don't even need PHP. Try comp.databases.mysql for a SQL only
solution.

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