一个同事再调试SQL的过程中遇到一个Oracle Not In使用的基本问题，附上SQL：

SELECT vci.cntr_n, voyage.vv_c, co.cntr_n
FROM V_CNTR_INSTRUCTION vci ,VOYAGE voyage , cntr_operation co,BERTH_ALLOCATION ba
WHERE vci.voyage_out_n = '077' AND voyage.ABBR_VOYAGE_OUT_N = vci.voyage_out_n
AND vci.load_vessel_m ='O NEWZEALAND' AND voyage.ABBR_VESSEL_M = vci.load_vessel_m
AND ba.VV_C = voyage.VV_C AND co.CNTR_N = vci.CNTR_N AND ba.BERTH_SEQ_N = 1 AND co.LOAD_DT IS NOT NULL
AND co.CNTR_N NOT IN (SELECT job.CNTR_N  FROM JOB_SEQ job  WHERE job.VV_C = voyage.VV_C 
AND job.OPERATION_C in ('E','R','C','S'))

  他的目的很简单，就是查出来CNTR_N，并且值不在子查询中。结果子查询中确实没有CNTR_N的值，就是查询不出来。

  调试过程中发现如果用CNTR_N NOT IN ('') 就不会显示任何值，但是子查询会返回来一些值，不是因为返回值为空影响的。

  接着上百度搜索一下NOT IN的用法，发现一句提示：子查询【select distinct mgr from emp】结果中存在【NULL】值，导致查询结果失效，于是检查子查询的返回结果，发现确实有CNTR_N为NULL的情况。

  问题解决，需要更改子查询的SQL，使返回值不能返回NULL值，更改如下：

SELECT vci.cntr_n, voyage.vv_c, co.cntr_n
FROM V_CNTR_INSTRUCTION vci ,VOYAGE voyage , cntr_operation co,BERTH_ALLOCATION ba
WHERE vci.voyage_out_n = '077' AND voyage.ABBR_VOYAGE_OUT_N = vci.voyage_out_n
AND vci.load_vessel_m ='O NEWZEALAND' AND voyage.ABBR_VESSEL_M = vci.load_vessel_m
AND ba.VV_C = voyage.VV_C AND co.CNTR_N = vci.CNTR_N AND ba.BERTH_SEQ_N = 1 AND co.LOAD_DT IS NOT NULL
AND co.CNTR_N NOT IN (SELECT job.CNTR_N  FROM JOB_SEQ job  WHERE job.VV_C = voyage.VV_C 
AND job.OPERATION_C in ('E','R','C','S') AND job.CNTR_N IS NOT NULL)