title: Minus vs Except Difference in ORACLE/SQL Server
body: <p>MINUS is a SQL set operation that selects elements from the first table and then removes rows that are also returned by the second SELECT statement in Oracle. And in SQL Server, we can use EXCEPT to do same thing.</p>
  
  <p>While migrating my project from oracle to SQL Server, I noticed a difference. If first result set doesn't have records, minus brings result set of second SELECT Statement. But in SQL Server, EXCEPT returns nothing. What can I do in that case? I am migrating my project and want to do same of minus function in SQL Server.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help</p>