Re: Question About UNION - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David Wilson
Subject Re: Question About UNION
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Msg-id e7f9235d0810091054g5f865d54l4943d4c2a0d4fb5a@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Question About UNION  (Bill Thoen <bthoen@gisnet.com>)
Responses Re: Question About UNION  (Bill Thoen <bthoen@gisnet.com>)
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On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Bill Thoen <bthoen@gisnet.com> wrote:
> No, this won't work. Here's an example of my tables:
> Table1
> 1, 12, A
> 2, 16, B
> 8, 6, A
> 19, 9, C
>
> Table2
> 1, 13, D
> 2, 16, B
> 8, 6, B
> 12, 5, A

select * from table1
union
select table2.* from table2 left join table1 on table2.a=table1.a and
table2.b=table1.b where table2.a is null;

(Written in gmail, but you should get the basic idea.)

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- David T. Wilson
david.t.wilson@gmail.com

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