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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>7.4. Combining Queries (UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="queries-select-lists.html" title="7.3. Select Lists" /><link rel="next" href="queries-order.html" title="7.5. Sorting Rows (ORDER BY)" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">7.4. Combining Queries (<code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">UNION</code>, <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">INTERSECT</code>, <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="literal">EXCEPT</code>)</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="queries-select-lists.html" title="7.3. Select Lists">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="queries.html" title="Chapter 7. Queries">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 7. Queries</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 14.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="queries-order.html" title="7.5. Sorting Rows (ORDER BY)">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="QUERIES-UNION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">7.4. Combining Queries (<code class="literal">UNION</code>, <code class="literal">INTERSECT</code>, <code class="literal">EXCEPT</code>)</h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.6.8.2" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id-1.5.6.8.3" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id-1.5.6.8.4" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id-1.5.6.8.5" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id-1.5.6.8.6" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id-1.5.6.8.7" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id-1.5.6.8.8" class="indexterm"></a><p>
+   The results of two queries can be combined using the set operations
+   union, intersection, and difference.  The syntax is
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> UNION [<span class="optional">ALL</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em>
+<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> INTERSECT [<span class="optional">ALL</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em>
+<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> EXCEPT [<span class="optional">ALL</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em>
+</pre><p>
+   where <em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> and
+   <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em> are queries that can use any of
+   the features discussed up to this point.
+  </p><p>
+   <code class="literal">UNION</code> effectively appends the result of
+   <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em> to the result of
+   <em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> (although there is no guarantee
+   that this is the order in which the rows are actually returned).
+   Furthermore, it eliminates duplicate rows from its result, in the same
+   way as <code class="literal">DISTINCT</code>, unless <code class="literal">UNION ALL</code> is used.
+  </p><p>
+   <code class="literal">INTERSECT</code> returns all rows that are both in the result
+   of <em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> and in the result of
+   <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em>.  Duplicate rows are eliminated
+   unless <code class="literal">INTERSECT ALL</code> is used.
+  </p><p>
+   <code class="literal">EXCEPT</code> returns all rows that are in the result of
+   <em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> but not in the result of
+   <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em>.  (This is sometimes called the
+   <em class="firstterm">difference</em> between two queries.)  Again, duplicates
+   are eliminated unless <code class="literal">EXCEPT ALL</code> is used.
+  </p><p>
+   In order to calculate the union, intersection, or difference of two
+   queries, the two queries must be <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">union compatible</span>”</span>,
+   which means that they return the same number of columns and
+   the corresponding columns have compatible data types, as
+   described in <a class="xref" href="typeconv-union-case.html" title="10.5. UNION, CASE, and Related Constructs">Section 10.5</a>.
+  </p><p>
+   Set operations can be combined, for example
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> UNION <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em> EXCEPT <em class="replaceable"><code>query3</code></em>
+</pre><p>
+   which is equivalent to
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+(<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> UNION <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em>) EXCEPT <em class="replaceable"><code>query3</code></em>
+</pre><p>
+   As shown here, you can use parentheses to control the order of
+   evaluation.  Without parentheses, <code class="literal">UNION</code>
+   and <code class="literal">EXCEPT</code> associate left-to-right,
+   but <code class="literal">INTERSECT</code> binds more tightly than those two
+   operators.  Thus
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> UNION <em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em> INTERSECT <em class="replaceable"><code>query3</code></em>
+</pre><p>
+   means
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+<em class="replaceable"><code>query1</code></em> UNION (<em class="replaceable"><code>query2</code></em> INTERSECT <em class="replaceable"><code>query3</code></em>)
+</pre><p>
+   You can also surround an individual <em class="replaceable"><code>query</code></em>
+   with parentheses.  This is important if
+   the <em class="replaceable"><code>query</code></em> needs to use any of the clauses
+   discussed in following sections, such as <code class="literal">LIMIT</code>.
+   Without parentheses, you'll get a syntax error, or else the clause will
+   be understood as applying to the output of the set operation rather
+   than one of its inputs.  For example,
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+SELECT a FROM b UNION SELECT x FROM y LIMIT 10
+</pre><p>
+   is accepted, but it means
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+(SELECT a FROM b UNION SELECT x FROM y) LIMIT 10
+</pre><p>
+   not
+</p><pre class="synopsis">
+SELECT a FROM b UNION (SELECT x FROM y LIMIT 10)
+</pre><p>
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