Grouping a Union
March 19, 2008 Hey, Ted
We have several sales history files–one for each year. When I need to combine data for more than one year, I have to use an SQL UNION. I am trying to group “unioned” data and can’t seem to get it right. Is it possible to group a dataset that is built by a union? –Tom This appears to be an easy problem to resolve, but appearances can be deceiving. If you’re not careful, you can get the wrong results when you UNION two or more tables, especially when you’re summarizing data. Divide the query into two steps: one to union |