Method: Sequel::Dataset#union

Defined in:

lib/sequel/dataset/query.rb

#union(dataset, opts = OPTS) ⇒ Object

Adds a UNION clause using a second dataset object. A UNION compound dataset returns all rows in either the current dataset or the given dataset. Options:

:alias

Use the given value as the from_self alias

:all

Set to true to use UNION ALL instead of UNION, so duplicate rows can occur

:from_self

Set to false to not wrap the returned dataset in a from_self, use with care.

DB[:items].union(DB[:other_items])
# SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM items UNION SELECT * FROM other_items) AS t1

DB[:items].union(DB[:other_items], :all=>true, :from_self=>false)
# SELECT * FROM items UNION ALL SELECT * FROM other_items

DB[:items].union(DB[:other_items], :alias=>:i)
# SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM items UNION SELECT * FROM other_items) AS i

# File 'lib/sequel/dataset/query.rb', line 884

def union(dataset, opts=OPTS)
  compound_clone(:union, dataset, opts)
end