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Databases

jessicakelly
jessicakelly
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Posted by jessicakelly
jessicakelly
5,901 Points

Need help with UNION in sql! - challenge task 1 of 6

Querying Relational Databases: Challenge Task 1 of 6

There are two tables Fruit and Vegetable table. The Fruit table has a FruitID and a Name column and the Vegetable table has a VegetableID and Name column. Create a distinct result set of fruit and vegetable names.

SELECT Name, FruitID FROM Fruit
UNION
SELECT Name, VegetableID FROM Vegetable;

This is what I have but it does not seem to be working...

Can anyone help?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The instructiosn say, "Create a distinct result set of fruit and vegetable names." That sounds like they only want to see the name column. But your query is also returning the ID column.

jessicakelly
jessicakelly
5,901 Points
jessicakelly
jessicakelly
5,901 Points

Oh my god, I can't believe I missed that! ? Thank you so much! ?