Syntax for IN Cat1 And NOT IN Tag1

Thanks for your previous help with use of AND

My SQL is not too hot, hence I am not so good at getting what I want with MLA galleries. This is what I am trying to do:

attachment_category=’cat1′ AND attachment_tag= NOT IN ‘cat1’

I have tried using tax_operator=”IN” and tax_operator=”NOT IN” within the same statement.

In case my query is not clear:

I have categories, Small, Medium and Large

And tags Red, Blue and Green

When an item is no longer available, (which may be temporary or permanent) – rather than deleting it or changing it’s category to ‘Deleted’ I want to add a ‘deleted’ tag so it is not included in the results.

If item becomes available again I will just have to remove the ‘deleted’ tag.

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