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SP273
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Posted - 2011-02-24 : 14:52:49

hi,

I am trying to write following query & get the error:

SELECT project from
(select distinct Project from dbo.HS_Data_I UNION ALL
select distinct Project from dbo.HS_Data_II)

I get the following error:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near ')'.

Please let me know where i might be going wrong.

Thanks!

jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2011-02-24 : 15:03:49

You need to alias your table

SELECT project from
(select distinct Project from dbo.HS_Data_I UNION ALL
select distinct Project from dbo.HS_Data_II) as newTable -- or whatever name you wish to give it

Jim

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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2011-02-26 : 09:54:23

if you want distinct values use UNION instead of UNION ALL and remove distincts on selects.

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