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Databases Querying Relational Databases Database Normalization Set Theory and Relational Databases

Mohammad Laif
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Mohammad Laif
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Posted by Mohammad Laif
Mohammad Laif
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Is Except the opposite of Intersect in sets?

My mind get a little foggy and uncertainty!!!. Could someone help me clear some of that fog about Except. Is Except in sets the opposite of Intersect? Also Is it the same as XOR gate?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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:point_right: EXCEPT and INTERSECT are not exact opposites.

The difference between the set combinations is perhaps best explained by this image from www.essentialsql.com:

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