Re: SELECT from multiple tables (not join though)

Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
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> SELECT file_name, 1 FROM file_info_1 WHERE file_parent_dir='/' UNION
> SELECT file_name, 2 FROM file_info_2 WHERE file_parent_dir='/' UNION
> SELECT file_name, 3 FROM file_info_3 WHERE file_parent_dir='/'
> ORDER BY file_name;
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> The second column now shows which table it came from.  No need to mess
> with adding fields, OIDs, etc...

Thank you Frank, Bruno and Derik,

   That worked wonderfully! Derik's suggestion also worked perfectly,
too. I would imagine this method is slightly faster that his because I
am not really assigning anything? I guess I will need to run some
benchmarks. It is really nice to have options though.

   Thank you all again! The amount of time you guys have saved me since
I joined is just phenominal!

Madison