SQL - How to Order By in UNION query - sql

Question

Is there a way to union two tables, but keep the rows from the first table appearing first in the result set? However orderby column is not in select query
For example:
Table 1
name surname
-------------------
John Doe
Bob Marley
Ras Tafari
Table 2
name surname
------------------
Lucky Dube
Abby Arnold
Result
Expected Result:
name surname
-------------------
John Doe
Bob Marley
Ras Tafari
Lucky Dube
Abby Arnold
I am bringing Data by following query
SELECT name,surname FROM TABLE 1 ORDER BY ID
UNION
SELECT name,surname FROM TABLE 2
The above query is not keeping track of order by after union.
P.S - I dont want to show ID in my select query
I am getting ORDER BY Column by joining tables. Following is my real query
SELECT tbl_Event_Type_Sort_Orders.Appraisal_Event_Type_ID AS Appraisal_Event_Type_ID , ISNULL(tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types.Appraisal_Event_Type_Display_Name, 'UnCategorized') AS Appraisal_Event_Type_Display_Name
INTO #temptbl
FROM tbl_Event_Type_Sort_Orders
INNER JOIN tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types
ON tbl_Event_Type_Sort_Orders.Appraisal_Event_Type_ID = tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types.Appraisal_Event_Type_ID
WHERE 1=1
AND User_Name='abc'
ORDER BY tbl_Event_Type_Sort_Orders.Sort_Order
SELECT * FROM #temptbl
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT (tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types.Appraisal_Event_Type_ID) AS Appraisal_Event_Type_ID , ISNULL(tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types.Appraisal_Event_Type_Display_Name, 'UnCategorized') AS Appraisal_Event_Type_Display_Name
FROM tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types
INNER JOIN tbl_Appraisal_Events
ON tbl_Appraisal_Event_Types.Appraisal_Event_Type_ID = tbl_Appraisal_Events.Event_Type_ID
INNER JOIN tbl_Appraisals
ON tbl_Appraisal_Events.Appraisal_ID = tbl_Appraisal_Events.Appraisal_ID
WHERE 1=1
AND ((tbl_Appraisals.Assigned_To_Staff_User) = 'abc' OR (tbl_Appraisals.Assigned_To_Staff_User2) = 'abc' OR (tbl_Appraisals.Assigned_To_Staff_User3) = 'abc')

Answer 1

Put a UNION ALL in a derived table. To keep duplicate elimination, do select distinct and also add a NOT EXISTS to second select to avoid returning same person twice if found in both tables:
select name, surname
from
(
select distinct name, surname, 1 as tno
from table1
union all
select distinct name, surname, 2 as tno
from table2 t2
where not exists (select * from table1 t1
where t2.name = t1.name
and t2.surname = t1.surname)
) dt
order by tno, surname, name

Answer 2

You can use a column for the table and one for the ID to order by:
SELECT x.name, x.surname FROM (
SELECT ID, TableID = 1, name, surname
FROM table1
UNION ALL
SELECT ID = -1, TableID = 2, name, surname
FROM table2
) x
ORDER BY x.TableID, x.ID

Answer 3

You can write as below, if you are ok with duplicate data then please use UNION ALL it will be faster:
SELECT NAME, surname FROM (
SELECT ID,name,surname FROM TABLE 1
UNION
SELECT ID,name,surname FROM TABLE 2 ) t ORDER BY ID

Answer 4

this will order the first row sets first then by anything you need
(haven't tested the code)
;with cte_1
as
(SELECT ID,name,surname,1 as table_id FROM TABLE 1
UNION
SELECT ID,name,surname,2 as table_id FROM TABLE 2 )
SELECT name, surname
FROM cte_1
ORDER BY table_id,ID

Answer 5

simply use a UNION clause with out order by.
SELECT name,surname FROM TABLE 1
UNION
SELECT name,surname FROM TABLE 2
if you wanted to order first table use the below query.
;WITH cte_1
AS
(SELECT name,surname,ROW_NUMBER()OVER(ORDER BY Id)b FROM TABLE 1 )
SELECT name,surname
FROM cte_1
UNION
SELECT name,surname
FROM TABLE 2