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SQL โ€ข LESSON 162

UNION ALL

How can we combine datasets preserving all rows without deduplication overhead?

Advancedโฑ 3 Minutesโญ 1750 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How can we combine datasets preserving all rows without deduplication overhead?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

UNION ALL concatenates datasets directly while preserving all duplicates, executing much faster.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

High-throughput data ingestion, log merging, historical append pipelines in data lakes.

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

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for UNION ALL.

  • โœ“ UNION ALL
  • โœ“ Fast append
  • โœ“ Preserving duplicates
  • โœ“ High-volume data pipelines