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SQLite UNIONSub-clause/The operator is used to merge the results of two or more SELECT statements without returning any duplicate rows.
To use UNION, each SELECT must have the same number of selected columns, the same number of column expressions, the same data types, and the same order, but their lengths do not have to be the same.
The following isUNIONThe basic syntax.
SELECT column1 [, column2 ] FROM table1 [, table2 ] [WHERE condition] UNION SELECT column1 [, column2 ] FROM table1 [, table2 ] [WHERE condition]
Here, the given condition can be any given expression according to your requirements.
Consider the following two tables, (a) The COMPANY table is as follows:
sqlite> select * from COMPANY; ID NAME AGE ADDRESS SALARY ---------- -------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 1 Paul 32 California 20000.0 2 Allen 25 Texas 15000.0 3 Teddy 23 Norway 20000.0 4 Mark 25 Rich-Mond 65000.0 5 David 27 Texas 85000.0 6 Kim 22 South-Hall 45000.0 7 James 24 Houston 10000.0
(b) Another table is the department (DEPARTMENT)--
ID DEPT EMP_ID ---------- -------------------- ---------- 1 IT Billing 1 2 Engineering 2 3 Finance 7 4 Engineering 3 5 Finance 4 6 Engineering 5 7 Finance 6
Now, let's use the SELECT statement and UNION clause to connect the two tables as shown below:
sqlite> SELECT EMP_ID, NAME, DEPT FROM COMPANY INNER JOIN DEPARTMENT ON COMPANY.ID = DEPARTMENT.EMP_ID UNION SELECT EMP_ID, NAME, DEPT FROM COMPANY LEFT OUTER JOIN DEPARTMENT ON COMPANY.ID = DEPARTMENT.EMP_ID;
This will produce the following results.
EMP_ID NAME DEPT ---------- -------------------- ---------- 1 Paul IT Billing 2 Allen Engineering 3 Teddy Engineering 4 Mark Finance 5 David Engineering 6 Kim Finance 7 James Finance
The UNION ALL operator is used to combine the results of two SELECT statements, including duplicate rows.
The same rules that apply to UNION also apply to the UNION ALL operator.
The basic syntax is as followsUNION ALL.
SELECT column1 [, column2 ] FROM table1 [, table2 ] [WHERE condition] UNION ALL SELECT column1 [, column2 ] FROM table1 [, table2 ] [WHERE condition]
Here, the given condition can be any given expression according to your requirements.
Now, let's connect the two tables as follows in the SELECT statement:
sqlite> SELECT EMP_ID, NAME, DEPT FROM COMPANY INNER JOIN DEPARTMENT ON COMPANY.ID = DEPARTMENT.EMP_ID UNION ALL SELECT EMP_ID, NAME, DEPT FROM COMPANY LEFT OUTER JOIN DEPARTMENT ON COMPANY.ID = DEPARTMENT.EMP_ID;
This will produce the following results.
EMP_ID NAME DEPT ---------- -------------------- ---------- 1 Paul IT Billing 2 Allen Engineering 3 Teddy Engineering 4 Mark Finance 5 David Engineering 6 Kim Finance 7 James Finance 1 Paul IT Billing 2 Allen Engineering 3 Teddy Engineering 4 Mark Finance 5 David Engineering 6 Kim Finance 7 James Finance