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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2002-03-13 : 08:49:38
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| Samir writes "I checked you articles formultiple tables,multiple tables union,string tables union,string multiple tables unionand found no answer, so here goes...How can I write a union query loop that unions 10 tables (same fields) without having to write 9 UNION SELECT statements. Essentially I don't want to hard code. Use as simple SQL as possible without using T-SQL specialities." |
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robvolk
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Posted - 2002-03-13 : 08:57:14
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| Why don't you want to hard code it? Are you choosing 10 tables at random? You want "as simple SQL as possible" but "I don't want to hard code". These 2 statements contradict each other.Can you tell us more about what you're trying to do?Edited by - robvolk on 03/13/2002 08:57:36 |
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AndrewMurphy
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Posted - 2002-03-13 : 13:23:56
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| why not use some form of Dynamic SQL with the table names passed in using variables? |
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Looping through multiple tables in union query