JOINs and UNIONs – How Do I Know When to Use a JOIN or UNION

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So many newbies to Transact-SQL have difficulties determing when to use a UNION or a JOIN to satisy their query. This video teaches you some guidelines to help you quickly and easily identify whether your query will likely need to become a JOIN or UNION. Disclaimer: these are just guidelines and they will not work in every situation but they are applicable for most SQL developers most of the time.

Author: Scott Whigham

Versions: SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000/7.0