From: "Igor" <dbmanager(at)osb368(dot)nnov(dot)ru>
> Hello!
>
> What SQL query will help me to concatenate two different tables
> with different number of rows? For example , i have first table
> with column1 and column2 , having 3 rows , and second table
> with column3, column4 , having 5 rows. How to make
> third table with column1,column2,column3,column4 and 5 rows in it
> (and last two rows in column1 and column2 are empty)
Something along the lines of:
SELECT col1,col2,'' as dummy3, '' as dummy4
FROM table1
UNION
SELECT '' as dummy1, '' as dummy2, col3, col4
FROM table2
should do it for you (not tested)
- Richard Huxton