[NOT ]EXISTS ()
The EXISTS operator returns TRUE if the subquery returns one or more rows and FALSE otherwise.
The NOT EXISTS operator returns TRUE if the subquery returns 0 rows and FALSE otherwise.
Finding all articles which have readers:
FROM Article
WHERE EXISTS (FROM ReaderLog(id)
WHERE ReaderLog.article_id = Article.id)
Finding all articles which don't have readers:
FROM Article
WHERE NOT EXISTS (FROM ReaderLog(id)
WHERE ReaderLog.article_id = Article.id)