Select users belonging only to particular departments

Question

I have the following table with two fields namely a and b as shown below:

create table employe
(
    empID varchar(10),
    department varchar(10)
);
         


        

Answer 1

This is a Relational Division with no Remainder (RDNR) problem. See this article by Dwain Camps that provides many solution to this kind of problem.

First Solution

SQL Fiddle

SELECT empId
FROM (
    SELECT
        empID, cc = COUNT(DISTINCT department)
    FROM employe
    WHERE department IN('Y', 'Z')
    GROUP BY empID
)t
WHERE
    t.cc = 2
    AND t.cc = (
        SELECT COUNT(*)
        FROM employe
        WHERE empID = t.empID
    )

Second Solution

SQL Fiddle

SELECT e.empId
FROM employe e
WHERE e.department IN('Y', 'Z')
GROUP BY e.empID
HAVING
    COUNT(e.department) = 2
    AND COUNT(e.department) = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employe WHERE empID = e.empId)

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Without using GROUP BY and HAVING:

SELECT DISTINCT e.empID
FROM employe e
WHERE
    EXISTS(
        SELECT 1 FROM employe WHERE department = 'Z' AND empID = e.empID
    )
    AND EXISTS(     
        SELECT 1 FROM employe WHERE department = 'Y' AND empID = e.empID
    )
    AND NOT EXISTS(
        SELECT 1 FROM employe WHERE department NOT IN('Y', 'Z') AND empID = e.empID
    )