Alternate rows from different table

Dear All,
I have a requirement in which I have to display a row from one
table & the corresponding row from the another table. e.g. say there
are 2 tables T1 & T2. Suppose there is a record in T1 say R1 & the
corresponding record in T2 as R1' then the display would come as
R1 /* Data from Table 1 */
R1' /* Data from Table 2 */
R2
R2'
& so on.....
This is possible by manipulating the resultset in a program. But I
would like to know if it is possible in the SQL query.
Thanks & Regards,
Praveenpkb wrote:

> Dear All,
> I have a requirement in which I have to display a row from one
> table & the corresponding row from the another table. e.g. say there
> are 2 tables T1 & T2. Suppose there is a record in T1 say R1 & the
> corresponding record in T2 as R1' then the display would come as
> R1 /* Data from Table 1 */
> R1' /* Data from Table 2 */
> R2
> R2'
> & so on.....
> This is possible by manipulating the resultset in a program. But I
> would like to know if it is possible in the SQL query.
> Thanks & Regards,
> Praveen
Looks like a UNION to me. Assuming r is the common column that
determines R1, R2, etc, try:
SELECT r, col1, col2, ...
FROM
(SELECT r, 1 AS tbl, col1, col2, ...
FROM tbl1
UNION ALL
SELECT r, 2 AS tbl, col1, col2, ...
FROM tbl2) AS T
ORDER BY r, tbl ;
If that's not what you wanted then my signature explains how to post
better questions so that you can get better answers. :-)
David Portas, SQL Server MVP
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--|||"pkb" <praveen.bhushan@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Dear All,
> I have a requirement in which I have to display a row from one
> table & the corresponding row from the another table. e.g. say there
> are 2 tables T1 & T2. Suppose there is a record in T1 say R1 & the
> corresponding record in T2 as R1' then the display would come as
> R1 /* Data from Table 1 */
> R1' /* Data from Table 2 */
> R2
> R2'
> & so on.....
> This is possible by manipulating the resultset in a program. But I
> would like to know if it is possible in the SQL query.
> Thanks & Regards,
> Praveen
You could:
select 1 AS rank, ... from T1 where ...
union
select 2 AS rank, ... from T2 where ...
Order by (you will have to add the corresponding columns, whatever that is),
rank
Sorry, can't give you anything more detailed without your table structure.|||Hi David, Raymond,
Thanks for your quick replies. The only problem in the above
solution will come when there is a record which is present in
one of the tables. Actually I wanted to make pairs from the two tables.
Well I have got the idea.
Regards,
Praveen