T-SQL [UNION ALL] removing records from query result - sql

Question

Have a simple UNION ALL query marrying the results of two queries. The first query, run independently, returns 1208 records and the second 14. I would expect a properly syntaxed UNION ALL to return 1222 records but mine falls to 896.
Makes zero sense to me:
SELECT a.WBS_ELEMENT_ID as [WBS Element],
a.WBS_ELEMENT_DESC as [WBS Element Desc],
a.UHC_INDUSTRY as [Industry],
a.UHC_SECTOR as [Sector],
a.UHC_DUNS_NUMBER as [UHC DUNS Number],
a.UHC_DUNS_NAME as [UHC DUNS Name],
a.PRIORITY_SUB_SECTOR as [Priority Sub Sector],
a.BUDGET_ALLOCATION as [Budget Allocation],
a.LAST_UPDATED_ON as [Last Updated]
FROM DimSectorPd a
WHERE a.wbs_element_id is not null
UNION ALL
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY a.wbs_element_desc) as [WBS Element],
a.WBS_ELEMENT_DESC as [WBS Element name],
a.UHC_INDUSTRY as [Industry],
a.UHC_SECTOR as [Sector],
a.UHC_DUNS_NUMBER as [UHC DUNS Number],
a.UHC_DUNS_NAME as [UHC DUNS Name],
a.PRIORITY_SUB_SECTOR as [Priority Sub Sector],
a.BUDGET_ALLOCATION as [Budget Allocation],
a.LAST_UPDATED_ON as [Last Updated]
from dimsectorpd a where a.WBS_ELEMENT_ID is null

Answer 1

Your queries should return all rows in the table. Unless the table changes between executions, the results from running the subqueries separately should be the same as from running them with the UNION ALL.
As a note, if you want to simplify the query, then you can do:
SELECT COALESCE(a.WBS_ELEMENT_ID,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY wbs_element_id ORDER BY a. wbs_element_desc)
) as [WBS Element],
a.WBS_ELEMENT_DESC as [WBS Element Desc],
a.UHC_INDUSTRY as [Industry],
a.UHC_SECTOR as [Sector],
a.UHC_DUNS_NUMBER as [UHC DUNS Number],
a.UHC_DUNS_NAME as [UHC DUNS Name],
a.PRIORITY_SUB_SECTOR as [Priority Sub Sector],
a.BUDGET_ALLOCATION as [Budget Allocation],
a.LAST_UPDATED_ON as [Last Updated]
FROM DimSectorPd a;

Answer 2

Obviously there is nothing wrong with your syntax, but if you want to try a different approach to getting your UNION ALL to work with ROW_NUMBER. Here it is:
;WITH q1
AS (
SELECT a.WBS_ELEMENT_ID AS [WBS Element]
,a.WBS_ELEMENT_DESC AS [WBS Element Desc]
,a.UHC_INDUSTRY AS [Industry]
,a.UHC_SECTOR AS [Sector]
,a.UHC_DUNS_NUMBER AS [UHC DUNS Number]
,a.UHC_DUNS_NAME AS [UHC DUNS Name]
,a.PRIORITY_SUB_SECTOR AS [Priority Sub Sector]
,a.BUDGET_ALLOCATION AS [Budget Allocation]
,a.LAST_UPDATED_ON AS [Last Updated]
FROM DimSectorPd a
WHERE a.wbs_element_id IS NOT NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT b.WBS_ELEMENT_ID AS [WBS Element] --just bring NULL values
,b.WBS_ELEMENT_DESC AS [WBS Element name]
,b.UHC_INDUSTRY AS [Industry]
,b.UHC_SECTOR AS [Sector]
,b.UHC_DUNS_NUMBER AS [UHC DUNS Number]
,b.UHC_DUNS_NAME AS [UHC DUNS Name]
,b.PRIORITY_SUB_SECTOR AS [Priority Sub Sector]
,b.BUDGET_ALLOCATION AS [Budget Allocation]
,b.LAST_UPDATED_ON AS [Last Updated]
FROM dimsectorpd b
WHERE b.WBS_ELEMENT_ID IS NULL
)
SELECT CASE
WHEN q1.[WBS Element] IS NULL
THEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY q1.WBS_Element_Desc)
ELSE q1.[WBS Element]
END [WBS_Element]
,q1.[WBS Element Desc]
,q1.Industry
,q1.Sector
,q1.[UHC DUNS Number]
,q1.[UHC DUNS Name]
,q1.[Priority Sub Sector]
,q1.[Budget Allocation]
,q1.[Last Updated]
FROM q1

Answer 3

Here is a simplified example can you see if it works on your server?
SELECT a.low AS [My ID],
a.name AS [My Letter]
FROM master..spt_values as a
WHERE low is not null
UNION ALL
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY a.name) AS [My ID],
a.name AS [My Letter]
FROM master..spt_values as a
WHERE a.low is null
master..spt_values as 2515 rows on my system...