The UNION operator is used to combine the result-set (only distinct values) of two or more SELECT statements.
Query: (To selects all the different cities (only distinct values) from the "Customers" and the "Suppliers" tables)
SELECT City FROM Customers
UNION
SELECT City FROM Suppliers
ORDER BY City;
Result:
Number of Records: 10
City
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Aachen
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Annecy
Barcelona
Barquisimeto
Bend
Bergamo
Berlin
Bern