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Published inMay 2020
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Josephine Bush
Josephine Bush
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Josephine Bush has over 10 years experience as a Database Administrator. Her experience is extensive and broad-based, including in financial, business, and energy data systems using MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics. She holds a BS in Information Technology, an MBA in IT Management, and an MS in Data Analytics.
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Understanding set theory

Set theory is the underlying concept of SQL. A set is a collection of zero or more objects. Each object in a set is called an element. In MySQL, a table corresponds to a set, and a record corresponds with an element. You can get a subset from a set. A subset is a smaller set of elements from the set. In SQL, you can get a subset by using a WHERE clause. A cross product is a set created from two or more sets. In SQL, a cross product is a join. To create different sets of data in SQL, you can use the intersection, difference, and union joins. Each of these is explained in more detail in the following sections.

Understanding what a UNION join is and learning how to use it in a SQL query

UNION allows...

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Josephine Bush

Josephine Bush has over 10 years experience as a Database Administrator. Her experience is extensive and broad-based, including in financial, business, and energy data systems using MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics. She holds a BS in Information Technology, an MBA in IT Management, and an MS in Data Analytics.
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