Use UNION to select from two tables. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable1 ( Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, FirstName varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.90 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable1(FirstName) values('Chris') ; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1(FirstName) values('Adam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1(FirstName) values('Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable1;
This will produce the following output −
+----+-----------+ | Id | FirstName | +----+-----------+ | 1 | Chris | | 2 | Adam | | 3 | Sam | +----+-----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to create second table −
mysql> create table DemoTable2( Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, FirstName varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.75 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable2(FirstName) values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable2(FirstName) values('Tom'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable2(FirstName) values('Bob'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.50 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable2;
This will produce the following output −
+----+-----------+ | Id | FirstName | +----+-----------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | Tom | | 3 | Bob | +----+-----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to select from two tables using MySQL UNION −
mysql> (select *from DemoTable1) union (select *from DemoTable2) order by FirstName;
This will produce the following output −
+----+-----------+ | Id | FirstName | +----+-----------+ | 2 | Adam | | 3 | Bob | | 1 | Chris | | 1 | John | | 3 | Sam | | 2 | Tom | +----+-----------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)