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SQL Union | SQL Joining Tables
Data Manipulation using SQL
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Data Manipulation using SQL

Data Manipulation using SQL

1. Database and Nested Queries
2. SQL Joining Tables
3. SQL Tasks

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SQL Union

UNION is an operator that concatenates results of different SQL queries:

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--do not run this query SELECT columns FROM table1 UNION SELECT columns FROM table2 UNION ... SELECT columns FROM tableN
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There is also an operator UNION ALL, and the difference is that UNION returns distinct values, unlike UNION ALL.

Requirements for using UNION operators:

  • number of columns in SELECT should be the same
  • data types and order of columns should be the same
Task
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You want to get some info about songs from three decades: 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Find the prices of the cheapest and the most expensive songs for each decade in separate queries. You're free to use JOIN, BETWEEN, or any other operators, but you should do three separate queries and concatenate them with UNION.

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book
SQL Union

UNION is an operator that concatenates results of different SQL queries:

1234567
--do not run this query SELECT columns FROM table1 UNION SELECT columns FROM table2 UNION ... SELECT columns FROM tableN
copy

There is also an operator UNION ALL, and the difference is that UNION returns distinct values, unlike UNION ALL.

Requirements for using UNION operators:

  • number of columns in SELECT should be the same
  • data types and order of columns should be the same
Task
test

Swipe to show code editor

You want to get some info about songs from three decades: 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Find the prices of the cheapest and the most expensive songs for each decade in separate queries. You're free to use JOIN, BETWEEN, or any other operators, but you should do three separate queries and concatenate them with UNION.

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Section 2. Chapter 5
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