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SQL โ€ข LESSON 24

SQL UNION ALL

How do we combine multiple datasets without the computational overhead of deduplication?

Advancedโฑ 3 Minutesโญ 430 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we combine multiple datasets without the computational overhead of deduplication?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

UNION ALL concatenates result sets directly while preserving duplicates, executing much faster.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

High-volume 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 SQL UNION ALL.

  • โœ“ UNION ALL
  • โœ“ Fast append
  • โœ“ Duplicate preservation
  • โœ“ Data pipelines