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SQL โ€ข LESSON 161

UNION

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

Advancedโฑ 3 Minutesโญ 1740 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

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

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

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

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

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

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
SELECT name
FROM employees
UNION
SELECT name
FROM contractors;

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for UNION.

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