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    SELECT DISTINCT re.*
FROM `reports` r
LEFT JOIN `users` u
ON u.`id_rep` = r.`id`
JOIN `customers` c
ON u.`id` = r.`uid`
WHERE r.`uid` = '1' and r.`name` LIKE 'urgent'
ORDER BY r.date DESC


Without making any modifications prior to the WHERE clause, would it be possible to use UNION (or a better approach) after the LIKE statement in order to SELECT from a fourth table called workers and ORDER the results BY r.date DESC?










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    SELECT DISTINCT re.*
FROM `reports` r
LEFT JOIN `users` u
ON u.`id_rep` = r.`id`
JOIN `customers` c
ON u.`id` = r.`uid`
WHERE r.`uid` = '1' and r.`name` LIKE 'urgent'
ORDER BY r.date DESC


Without making any modifications prior to the WHERE clause, would it be possible to use UNION (or a better approach) after the LIKE statement in order to SELECT from a fourth table called workers and ORDER the results BY r.date DESC?










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  • I don't understand your EDIT. Please make a stab at the query; maybe it will be clearer then.
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    SELECT DISTINCT re.*
FROM `reports` r
LEFT JOIN `users` u
ON u.`id_rep` = r.`id`
JOIN `customers` c
ON u.`id` = r.`uid`
WHERE r.`uid` = '1' and r.`name` LIKE 'urgent'
ORDER BY r.date DESC


Without making any modifications prior to the WHERE clause, would it be possible to use UNION (or a better approach) after the LIKE statement in order to SELECT from a fourth table called workers and ORDER the results BY r.date DESC?










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    SELECT DISTINCT re.*
FROM `reports` r
LEFT JOIN `users` u
ON u.`id_rep` = r.`id`
JOIN `customers` c
ON u.`id` = r.`uid`
WHERE r.`uid` = '1' and r.`name` LIKE 'urgent'
ORDER BY r.date DESC


Without making any modifications prior to the WHERE clause, would it be possible to use UNION (or a better approach) after the LIKE statement in order to SELECT from a fourth table called workers and ORDER the results BY r.date DESC?







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  • I don't understand your EDIT. Please make a stab at the query; maybe it will be clearer then.
    – Rick James
    Nov 25 at 23:49


















  • I don't understand your EDIT. Please make a stab at the query; maybe it will be clearer then.
    – Rick James
    Nov 25 at 23:49
















I don't understand your EDIT. Please make a stab at the query; maybe it will be clearer then.
– Rick James
Nov 25 at 23:49




I don't understand your EDIT. Please make a stab at the query; maybe it will be clearer then.
– Rick James
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Using Union and ORDER BY:



Be explicit with results form first query:



(SELECT DISTINCT rep.name, rep.date as rdate
FROM `reports_new` rep
LEFT JOIN `repuser_new` ru
ON ru.`id_rep` = rep.`id`
JOIN `clients` c
ON c.`id` = rep.`id_client`
WHERE ru.`id_user` = '1' and rep.`name` LIKE 'urgent')

UNION
(SELECT username,rdate FROM users)


ORDER BY rdate DESC


I assumed the second table had a date column. Otherwise and explicit value could be used.






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  • There's an example of that in the manual page
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:24






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    Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:30


















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If I understand the question correctly, yes. Each of the following is OK, though not necessarily efficient:



SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM a
LEFT JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...


etc. (I may have added more parentheses than necessary.)



More UNION tips:




  • Yes, the number of columns needs to be the same.

  • The default column names come from the first SELECT.

  • If you have a constant string in a column of the first SELECT, that limits the length of the matching string of the other SELECTs. (Simply pad with blanks to 'fix' the problem.)

  • If appropriate, use UNION ALL do avoid the de-duping phase, thereby being faster than UNION, which is the same as UNION DISTINCT.






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  • @Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
    – ypercubeᵀᴹ
    Nov 25 at 23:58








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    @ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
    – Rick James
    Nov 26 at 0:12











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Using Union and ORDER BY:



Be explicit with results form first query:



(SELECT DISTINCT rep.name, rep.date as rdate
FROM `reports_new` rep
LEFT JOIN `repuser_new` ru
ON ru.`id_rep` = rep.`id`
JOIN `clients` c
ON c.`id` = rep.`id_client`
WHERE ru.`id_user` = '1' and rep.`name` LIKE 'urgent')

UNION
(SELECT username,rdate FROM users)


ORDER BY rdate DESC


I assumed the second table had a date column. Otherwise and explicit value could be used.






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  • There's an example of that in the manual page
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:24






  • 1




    Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:30















up vote
1
down vote













Using Union and ORDER BY:



Be explicit with results form first query:



(SELECT DISTINCT rep.name, rep.date as rdate
FROM `reports_new` rep
LEFT JOIN `repuser_new` ru
ON ru.`id_rep` = rep.`id`
JOIN `clients` c
ON c.`id` = rep.`id_client`
WHERE ru.`id_user` = '1' and rep.`name` LIKE 'urgent')

UNION
(SELECT username,rdate FROM users)


ORDER BY rdate DESC


I assumed the second table had a date column. Otherwise and explicit value could be used.






share|improve this answer























  • There's an example of that in the manual page
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:24






  • 1




    Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:30













up vote
1
down vote










up vote
1
down vote









Using Union and ORDER BY:



Be explicit with results form first query:



(SELECT DISTINCT rep.name, rep.date as rdate
FROM `reports_new` rep
LEFT JOIN `repuser_new` ru
ON ru.`id_rep` = rep.`id`
JOIN `clients` c
ON c.`id` = rep.`id_client`
WHERE ru.`id_user` = '1' and rep.`name` LIKE 'urgent')

UNION
(SELECT username,rdate FROM users)


ORDER BY rdate DESC


I assumed the second table had a date column. Otherwise and explicit value could be used.






share|improve this answer














Using Union and ORDER BY:



Be explicit with results form first query:



(SELECT DISTINCT rep.name, rep.date as rdate
FROM `reports_new` rep
LEFT JOIN `repuser_new` ru
ON ru.`id_rep` = rep.`id`
JOIN `clients` c
ON c.`id` = rep.`id_client`
WHERE ru.`id_user` = '1' and rep.`name` LIKE 'urgent')

UNION
(SELECT username,rdate FROM users)


ORDER BY rdate DESC


I assumed the second table had a date column. Otherwise and explicit value could be used.







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edited Nov 25 at 23:47

























answered Nov 25 at 22:59









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  • There's an example of that in the manual page
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:24






  • 1




    Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:30


















  • There's an example of that in the manual page
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:24






  • 1




    Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
    – danblack
    Nov 25 at 23:30
















There's an example of that in the manual page
– danblack
Nov 25 at 23:24




There's an example of that in the manual page
– danblack
Nov 25 at 23:24




1




1




Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
– danblack
Nov 25 at 23:30




Try a new question. You're adding an amount of complexity beyond the initial question and without a full example with sample output clarification by comment is getting increasingly likely to be wrong.
– danblack
Nov 25 at 23:30












up vote
1
down vote













If I understand the question correctly, yes. Each of the following is OK, though not necessarily efficient:



SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM a
LEFT JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...


etc. (I may have added more parentheses than necessary.)



More UNION tips:




  • Yes, the number of columns needs to be the same.

  • The default column names come from the first SELECT.

  • If you have a constant string in a column of the first SELECT, that limits the length of the matching string of the other SELECTs. (Simply pad with blanks to 'fix' the problem.)

  • If appropriate, use UNION ALL do avoid the de-duping phase, thereby being faster than UNION, which is the same as UNION DISTINCT.






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  • @Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
    – ypercubeᵀᴹ
    Nov 25 at 23:58








  • 1




    @ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
    – Rick James
    Nov 26 at 0:12















up vote
1
down vote













If I understand the question correctly, yes. Each of the following is OK, though not necessarily efficient:



SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM a
LEFT JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...


etc. (I may have added more parentheses than necessary.)



More UNION tips:




  • Yes, the number of columns needs to be the same.

  • The default column names come from the first SELECT.

  • If you have a constant string in a column of the first SELECT, that limits the length of the matching string of the other SELECTs. (Simply pad with blanks to 'fix' the problem.)

  • If appropriate, use UNION ALL do avoid the de-duping phase, thereby being faster than UNION, which is the same as UNION DISTINCT.






share|improve this answer























  • @Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
    – ypercubeᵀᴹ
    Nov 25 at 23:58








  • 1




    @ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
    – Rick James
    Nov 26 at 0:12













up vote
1
down vote










up vote
1
down vote









If I understand the question correctly, yes. Each of the following is OK, though not necessarily efficient:



SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM a
LEFT JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...


etc. (I may have added more parentheses than necessary.)



More UNION tips:




  • Yes, the number of columns needs to be the same.

  • The default column names come from the first SELECT.

  • If you have a constant string in a column of the first SELECT, that limits the length of the matching string of the other SELECTs. (Simply pad with blanks to 'fix' the problem.)

  • If appropriate, use UNION ALL do avoid the de-duping phase, thereby being faster than UNION, which is the same as UNION DISTINCT.






share|improve this answer














If I understand the question correctly, yes. Each of the following is OK, though not necessarily efficient:



SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x

SELECT ...
FROM a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM a
LEFT JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...

SELECT ...
FROM ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS a
JOIN ( ( SELECT ... ) UNION ( SELECT ... ) ) AS x ON ...


etc. (I may have added more parentheses than necessary.)



More UNION tips:




  • Yes, the number of columns needs to be the same.

  • The default column names come from the first SELECT.

  • If you have a constant string in a column of the first SELECT, that limits the length of the matching string of the other SELECTs. (Simply pad with blanks to 'fix' the problem.)

  • If appropriate, use UNION ALL do avoid the de-duping phase, thereby being faster than UNION, which is the same as UNION DISTINCT.







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answered Nov 25 at 23:47









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  • @Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
    – ypercubeᵀᴹ
    Nov 25 at 23:58








  • 1




    @ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
    – Rick James
    Nov 26 at 0:12


















  • @Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
    – ypercubeᵀᴹ
    Nov 25 at 23:58








  • 1




    @ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
    – Rick James
    Nov 26 at 0:12
















@Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
– ypercubeᵀᴹ
Nov 25 at 23:58






@Rick the last 2 queries are equivalent. The ORDER BY is applied to the whole result set in both of them: dbfiddle.uk/…
– ypercubeᵀᴹ
Nov 25 at 23:58






1




1




@ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
– Rick James
Nov 26 at 0:12




@ypercubeᵀᴹ - Geez, I'm only a decade out of step -- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27848 "fixed" that in 2008 (5.0.56, 5.1.23). Thanks for rattling my cage.
– Rick James
Nov 26 at 0:12


















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