SQL UNION Syntax
Special attention:
The UNION operator is used to combine the result set of two or more SELECT statements.
Note that the SELECT statement inside the UNION must have the same number of columns. The column must also have a similar data type. Also, the order of the columns in each SELECT statement must be the same.
SQL UNION Syntax
SELECT column_name (s) from Table_name1unionselect column_name (s) from table_name2
Note: By default, the UNION operator chooses a different value . If duplicate values are allowed , use UNION all.
SQL UNION All syntax
Select COLUMN_NAME (s) from table_name1UNIONall SELECT column_name (s) from table_name2
In addition, the column name in the union result set is always equal to the column name in the first SELECT statement in the Union.
The original table used in the following example: Employees_china:
e_id |
E_name |
01 |
Zhang, Hua |
02 |
Wang, Wei |
03 |
Carter, Thomas. |
04 |
Yang, Ming |
Employees_usa:
e_id |
E_name |
01 |
Adams, John. |
02 |
Bush, George. |
03 |
Carter, Thomas. |
04 |
Gates, Bill. |
Using the UNION command instance
List all the different employee names in China and the United States:
Select E_name from Employees_china UNION
select E_name from Employees_usa
Results
E_name |
Zhang, Hua |
Wang, Wei |
Carter, Thomas. |
Yang, Ming |
Adams, John. |
Bush, George. |
Gates, Bill. |
Note: This command cannot list all employees in China and the United States. In the above example, we have two employees of the same name, and only one of them is listed. The UNION command will only pick a different value.
UNION All
The union ALL command is almost equivalent to the Union command, but the union ALL command lists all values.
SQL Statement 1UNION allsql Statement 2
Use the UNION all command instance:
List all employees in China and the United States:
Select E_name from Employees_china UNION ALL
select E_name from Employees_usa
Results
E_name |
Zhang, Hua |
Wang, Wei |
Carter, Thomas. |
Yang, Ming |
Adams, John. |
Bush, George. |
Carter, Thomas. |
Gates, Bill. |
SQL Federated Query