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SQL • LESSON 161

UNION

How can we combine employee and contractor names into one deduplicated list?

Advanced3 Minutes1740 XP
🤔 THE QUESTION

How can we combine employee and contractor names into one deduplicated list?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

UNION combines rows from two queries and automatically eliminates duplicate rows.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Combining rosters, unique customer lists across channels, merged contact lists.

💻 EXAMPLE
SELECT name
FROM employees
UNION
SELECT name
FROM contractors;

🎯 Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for UNION.

  • UNION operator
  • Set union
  • Automatic deduplication
  • Schema compatibility