Subject: Columns below each other
Posted By: pontitt2 Post Date: 2/10/2004 3:40:29 AM
Hi!

Could somebody help me how to put two columns below each other in one query (so you have two database and you would like to put them into one database, in which database the records of the sorce databases are below each other).

Thanks:

pontitt

Reply By: bmains Reply Date: 2/10/2004 1:50:40 PM
If I understand the question correctly, you could use a UNION statement, which you would select the column for the first database and then select the second database's column.
Reply By: pontitt2 Reply Date: 2/11/2004 2:48:35 AM
Thank you for your help. But then what should be the SQL statement?

SELECT UNION(Name, Name_1)
FROM...

or

UNION (Name, Name_1)
FROM...

Because these are not working, as I tried.

I would like to do the following:
1st database (in a separate file):
Name    Date    Price($)
Jonas    January    10
Evelin    February9

2nd database (in an another separate file):
Name_2    Date_2    Price($)_2
Maria    June    7
Anna    August    2

And the result (after a query):
Name_3    Date_3    Price($)_3
Jonas    January    10
Evelin    February9
Maria    June    7
Anna    August    2

So the records (and the columns) are under each other.

pontitt


Reply By: Jeff Mason Reply Date: 2/11/2004 7:02:59 AM
The UNION statement works by combining the results of two or more queries:

SELECT col1, col2, ...
   FROM ...

UNION

SELECT col3, col4, ...
   FROM ...

Getting the queries to refer to tables in different databases may be problematic, depending on your RDMS.  In SQL Server it's pretty easy if the two databases are on the same server; in that case the table names are given in the format <database.owner.tablename>, etc.

Jeff Mason
Custom Apps, Inc.
www.custom-apps.com
Reply By: pontitt2 Reply Date: 2/12/2004 3:27:31 AM
Thank you for your help. And regarding UNION statement i found a useful link, too:

http://webapp.progress.com:6336/dynaweb/psdoc91d/sqloa91d/s89/@ebt-link;cs=default;ts=default;pt=14847;lang=hu?target=%25N%15_16373_START_RESTART_N%25;book=


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