SQL UNION ALL Operator
SQL UNION ALL operator is used to combine the results of two or more SELECT statements. Each SELECT statement within the UNION ALL must have the same number of columns and all columns should have same order with similar data types. To allow all duplicate values, you can use UNION ALL operator as SQL UNION operator returns only distinct values by default.
Syntax
SELECT column1, column2, column3,…columnN FROM tableName1
UNION ALL
SELECT column1, column2, column3,…columnN FROM tableName2
Here is our first table Student.
We have second table as NewStudents.
Now, we will use UNION ALL operator to combine records of both the tables Student & NewStudents.
So, here is the output.
SELECT *FROM Student UNION ALL SELECT *FROM NewStudents
Similarly, you can combine specific columns columns from two tables as given below.
SELECT RollNumber, FirstName, Country, Fees FROM Student UNION ALL SELECT RollNumber, FirstName, Country, Fees FROM NewStudents
Note: SQL UNION ALL operator returns all records including duplicates by default. To allow only distinct values use UNION operator.
Reference: Manzoor Siddiqui [www.SQLServerLog.com]
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