title: SQL performance on LEFT OUTER JOIN vs NOT EXISTS
body: <p>If I want to find a set of entries in table A but not in table B, I can use either LEFT OUTER JOIN or NOT EXISTS. I've heard SQL Server is geared towards ANSI and in some case LEFT OUTER JOINs are far more efficient than NOT EXISTS. Will ANSI JOIN perform better in this case? and are join operators more efficient than NOT EXISTS in general on SQL Server? </p>