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Hi Limbec,<br />
thanks for your input....not homework...just under a lot of pressure here to produce something and hard to think straight...<br />
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Hi Angelgeo,<br />
thanks for that, saw something similar on google but was using NULL only as a column name &nbsp;and didnt work...so I'll put in the &quot;AS&quot; and i'm sure it will be fine...<br />
thanks again...
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Hi Limbec,
thanks for your input....not homework...just under a lot of pressure here to produce something and hard to think straight...

Hi Angelgeo,
thanks for that, saw something similar on google but was using NULL only as a column name  and didnt work...so I'll put in the "AS" and i'm sure it will be fine...
thanks again...

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I need to do &nbsp;a union of two tables which have common columns but also have some different columns.<br />
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any help appreciated...thanks
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union.bmp

I need to do  a union of two tables which have common columns but also have some different columns.
 

any help appreciated...thanks

sql server 2005 union  query where tables have some different columns

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Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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