What is wrong with this union? first 'select' and ')' are incorrect
create table GL_ALL
(
select *from GL1
)
UNION
(
select *from GL2
)
UNION
(
select *from GL3
)
UNION
(
select *from GL4
)
UNION
(
select *from GL5
);
That's not the correct syntax for creating a table on the fly in SQL Server, or UNION for that matter.
Assuming that the schemas of each of your tables are the same
SELECT *
INTO GL_ALL FROM GL1 UNION
SELECT * FROM GL2 UNION
SELECT * FROM GL3 UNION
SELECT * FROM GL4 UNION
SELECT * FROM GL5;
As pointed out in comments, this will work for the initial creation of GL_ALL, but not for subsequent inserts after the table is created.
If you need to append to the table at a later time then the sytax changes to:
INSERT INTO GL_ALL
SELECT * FROM GL6;
It's important to realize that the new table will NOT have a primary key nor any foreign keys, indexes (clustered or non), constraints, defaults, etc. that the source tables may have. If these are needed then you will need to manually create them.
And do note the difference between UNION and UNION ALL, where UNION will exclude duplicate rows.
Also note, it's best practice to avoid SELECT * and to specifically call out the columns you want to work with - even if it actually is all columns.
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This code does precisely what I want: finds the difference between two tables, including nulls, and returns them. Thanks to: sql query to return differences between two tables
(
SELECT * FROM table1
EXCEPT
SELECT * FROM table2
)
UNION ALL
(
SELECT * FROM table2
EXCEPT
SELECT * FROM table1
)
I am having trouble getting this to turn into a temporary table (or even a regular table) to store its results for later use. Is there a way that I can tack on INSERT INTO here or generate a temp table from this beautiful query?
Select from your existing query as a sub-query INTO the temp table of your choice.
SELECT *
INTO #temp1
FROM (
(
SELECT * FROM #table1
EXCEPT
SELECT * FROM #table2
)
UNION ALL
(
SELECT * FROM #table2
EXCEPT
SELECT * FROM #table1
)
) X
Thanks in advance !!
I want to get below data in separate table with column how can we achieved this.
From my reading of your question, you would like the results of that SELECT statement put into a new table?
Firstly, I'm assuming your original SQL works as a SELECT statement - e.g., all those tables have the same structure. Note that you can simplify the unions, but I haven't done so here, to keep the key part of the answer (saving the data) as the main focus.
To save the data into another table, you can either create a table first and make that into an insert, or just use 'SELECT INTO' within the main SELECT.
If you are happy with the columns being automatically created, the 'SELECT INTO' version will create columns (e.g., you do not need to specify the columns in a CREATE TABLE statement). However, when you run the SELECT INTO, it does create the table. Therefore if you want to insert further values, you need to specify the column list (or have matching column lists).
SELECT INTO version
select *
INTO #Temp -- Added This row
from
( select * from #OneyearExpiry
union all
select * from #OtherYearExpiry
) A
except
select * from
( select * from #ONEYRCON
union all
select * from #OTHERYRCON
) B
INSERT INTO version
CREATE TABLE #Temp (<your fields here to match the SELECT statement>)
INSERT INTO #Temp
select * from
( select * from #OneyearExpiry
union all
select * from #OtherYearExpiry
) A
except
select * from
( select * from #ONEYRCON
union all
select * from #OTHERYRCON
) B
Set operators are evaluated from top to bottom so there only needs to be 1 subquery. Something like this
select ab.* into #Temp
from (select * from #OneyearExpiry
union all
select * from #OtherYearExpiry
except
select * from #ONEYRCON
except
select * from #OTHERYRCON) ab;
I need to return the unique records between two tables. Ideally, an UNION would solve my problem but both tables contain an object field which gives me an error(cannot ORDER objects without MAP or ORDER method) when I do UNION/distinct.
So, I was wondering if I can do a UNION ALL(to avoid the error) to get all the records first then do something to return only the unique records from there. I tried analytic function combined with the UNION ALL query but no luck so far.
Select * from Table1
union all
Select * from table2
Any help? Note:I need to return all fields.
I actually solved the problem using analytic function+row_num. The query will choose the first record for each set of duplicates hence returning only the unique records.
select * from
(
select ua.*,row_number() over (partition by p_id order by p_id ) row_num from
(
select * from table1
union all
select * from table2
)ua
) inner
where inner.row_num=1
How about this :
SELECT DISTINCT A.* FROM
(
Select * from Table1
union all
Select * from table2
) A;
(or)
SELECT col1,col2,col3...coln FROM
(
Select col1,col2,col3...coln from Table1
union all
Select col1,col2,col3...coln from table2
) A
GROUP BY A.col1,col2,col3...coln;
UNION ALL will give duplicate values as well .. instead use UNION and see if you are facing the error
I have a table creation query (combine2) which takes a query (combine) and makes it a table (linegraph). This table must reflect changes in the associated query. Currently I have assigned a macro to run the append query to reflect changes.
The problem is that no matter how the append query is called it sometimes but not always copies all the data. Sometimes it wont import the first 100 or so rows. How can I get an updating table that always matches my query?
Append Query: Combine2
INSERT INTO linegraph SELECT * FROM Combine;
Query to turn into table: Combine
SELECT * FROM Month1calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month2calc UNION
SELECT * FROM month3calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month4calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month5calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month6calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month7calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month8calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month9calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month10calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month11calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month12calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month13calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month14calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month15calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month16calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month17calc UNION
SELECT * FROM Month18calc;
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Try changing UNION to UNION ALL.
When you use UNION, the query only returns unique rows (i.e.: duplicates are removed). When you use UNION ALL, duplicates are not removed.
SELECT *
FROM
(SELECT Campus_ID AS A_Campus, * FROM A_Campuses
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS H_Campus, * FROM H_Campuses
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS B_Campus, * FROM B_Campuses)
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
It gives the sql error
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server
version for the right syntax to use
near '* FROM A_Campuses UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS H_Campus, * FROM
H_Campuses' at line 3
Step 1
You have two syntax errors
not aliasing the derived table.
* cannot be used AFTER a column name, unless you alias the source table
SELECT *
FROM
(SELECT Campus_ID AS A_Campus, A.* FROM A_Campuses A
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS H_Campus, H.* FROM H_Campuses H
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS B_Campus, B.* FROM B_Campuses B) AS X
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
Step 2
But as Phil points out, since you are sub-querying only to do an order by, there is no need to subquery at all. ORDER BY applies to the entire UNION-ed result.
SELECT Campus_ID AS A_Campus, A.* FROM A_Campuses A
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS H_Campus, H.* FROM H_Campuses H
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID AS B_Campus, B.* FROM B_Campuses B
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
Step 3
The next thing to point out is that A_, H_ and B_ must ALL have compatible structures for the UNION to align properly. It is also worth mentioning that aliasing Campus_ID as different column names has no value. The column names of the resultant result of a UNION is the FIRST name encountered across the UNION parts - in this case all the column names will come from A_Campuses, as well as the additional column A_Campus. In actual fact, you will have two columns A_Campus and Campus_ID which will always hold EXACTLY the same values. What you probably wanted was to indicate the SOURCE of the data: (notice that I have not even bothered to alias the columns for the 2nd and 3rd parts of the UNION)
SELECT 'A' AS Source, A.* FROM A_Campuses A
UNION ALL
SELECT 'H', H.* FROM H_Campuses H
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B', B.* FROM B_Campuses B
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
Note
For performance reasons, use UNION ALL instead of UNION, which performs a DISTINCT against the final result. If you had duplicate Campus_ID across different tables, as well as exactly the same record data, UNION results in one of them being removed, whereas UNION ALL keeps both (or all 3) copies. Given the addition of the Source column, this is not a possibility, so using UNION ALL will result in a faster query.
The columns in each branch of the UNION normally need the same name, or will end up with a single name. Also, a sub-select needs an alias (the 'AS C' below), at least in standard SQL; even if you don't mention the alias anywhere else in the query, as below.
I think what you're after is likely:
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT "A" AS Campus_ID, * FROM A_Campuses
UNION
SELECT "H" AS Campus_ID, * FROM H_Campuses
UNION
SELECT "B" AS Campus_ID, * FROM B_Campuses) AS C
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
That isn't how you write a union query.
Any ORDER BY clause applies to the union so you don't need to sub-query it. Also, you should aim to have the same column names and aliases across all parts of the union. Your A_Campus, H_Campus and B_Campus aliases will be lost (not sure which one will win out). For example
SELECT Campus_ID, Campus_Name FROM A_Campuses
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID, Campus_Name FROM H_Campuses
UNION
SELECT Campus_ID, Campus_Name FROM B_Campuses
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
I'd also refrain from using SELECT * in a union as you need to be specific about what you're selecting.
perhaps more parenthesis are needed
SELECT *
FROM
(
(SELECT Campus_ID AS A_Campus, * FROM A_Campuses)
UNION
(SELECT Campus_ID AS H_Campus, * FROM H_Campuses)
UNION
(SELECT Campus_ID AS B_Campus, * FROM B_Campuses)
)
ORDER BY Campus_Name ASC
Also can you UNION with different column names like that? You might need a fake A_Campus and B_Campus in the H_Campus subquery to get identical columns.