Hi There,
I think ACE24 should actually do what you are looking to do.
Here's the SQL Query it uses on the AdminStudio Database on the back end, pulled from:
C:\AdminStudio Shared\ConflictSolver\AceLog.txt
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SELECT rs."RowID", rs.PkgRowID_, rt."RowID", rt.PkgRowID_, rs.Registry, rs.Root, rs."Key", rs.Name, rs.Component_, rt.Component_ FROM csmsiRegistry rs, csmsiRegistry rt, csmsiComponent cs, csmsiComponent ct WHERE rs.PkgRowID_ = 8 AND rt.PkgRowID_ IN (1,2,3,4) AND rs.Root = rt.Root AND rs."Key" = rt."Key" AND rs.Name = rt.Name AND cs.PkgRowID_ = 8 AND ct.PkgRowID_ IN (1,2,3,4) AND rs.Component_ = cs.Component AND rt.Component_ = ct.Component AND rs.PkgRowID_ = cs.PkgRowID_ AND rt.PkgRowID_ = ct.PkgRowID_ AND ( (rs.Value NOT LIKE rt.Value) OR (rs.Value IS NULL AND rt.Value IS NOT NULL) OR (rs.Value IS NOT NULL AND rt.Value IS NULL)) AND ((rs.Value NOT LIKE N'%]%') OR (rt.Value NOT LIKE N'%]%'))
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Granted, I did this with AdminStudio 10; if you are using an older version, this may have changed. Can you confirm that this is the style of query you're seeing, and that it incorrectly returns no results?