如果要从多个表中选择一个接一个的行,或者从一个表中选择多个行的集合作为一个输出集,则可以使用 UNION 。
从MySQL 4.0开始,UNION已可用。本节说明如何使用它。
假设您有两个表列出了潜在客户和实际客户,第三个表列出了从中购买供应商的供应商,并且您希望通过合并所有三个表的名称和地址来创建单个邮件列表。 UNION提供了一种执行此操作的方法。假设三个表具有以下内容-
mysql> SELECT * FROM prospect; +---------+-------+------------------------+ | fname | lname | addr | +---------+-------+------------------------+ | Peter | Jones | 482 Rush St., Apt. 402 | | Bernice | Smith | 916 Maple Dr. | +---------+-------+------------------------+ mysql> SELECT * FROM customer; +-----------+------------+---------------------+ | last_name | first_name | address | +-----------+------------+---------------------+ | Peterson | Grace | 16055 Seminole Ave. | | Smith | Bernice | 916 Maple Dr. | | Brown | Walter | 8602 1st St. | +-----------+------------+---------------------+ mysql> SELECT * FROM vendor; +-------------------+---------------------+ | company | street | +-------------------+---------------------+ | ReddyParts, Inc. | 38 Industrial Blvd. | | Parts-to-go, Ltd. | 213B Commerce Park. | +-------------------+---------------------+
三个表是否都具有不同的列名并不重要。以下查询说明了如何一次从三个表中选择名称和地址-
mysql> SELECT fname, lname, addr FROM prospect -> UNION -> SELECT first_name, last_name, address FROM customer -> UNION -> SELECT company, , street FROM vendor; +-------------------+----------+------------------------+ | fname | lname | addr | +-------------------+----------+------------------------+ | Peter | Jones | 482 Rush St., Apt. 402 | | Bernice | Smith | 916 Maple Dr. | | Grace | Peterson | 16055 Seminole Ave. | | Walter | Brown | 8602 1st St. | | ReddyParts, Inc. | | 38 Industrial Blvd. | | Parts-to-go, Ltd. | | 213B Commerce Park. | +-------------------+----------+------------------------+
如果要选择所有记录,包括重复记录,请在第一个UNION关键字后加上ALL-
mysql> SELECT fname, lname, addr FROM prospect -> UNION ALL -> SELECT first_name, last_name, address FROM customer -> UNION -> SELECT company, , street FROM vendor; +-------------------+----------+------------------------+ | fname | lname | addr | +-------------------+----------+------------------------+ | Peter | Jones | 482 Rush St., Apt. 402 | | Bernice | Smith | 916 Maple Dr. | | Grace | Peterson | 16055 Seminole Ave. | | Bernice | Smith | 916 Maple Dr. | | Walter | Brown | 8602 1st St. | | ReddyParts, Inc. | | 38 Industrial Blvd. | | Parts-to-go, Ltd. | | 213B Commerce Park. | +-------------------+----------+------------------------+