You need something along the lines of
SELECT subnum FROM subs UNION SELECT vnum FROM vend;
JT Kirkpatrick wrote:
>
> i come seeking wisdom. . .
>
> i have two tables, one for subcontractors and another for vendors. subs
> have a primary key of subnum int4, vendors a primary key of vnum int4. i
> need to create a query that allows me to see a complete list of these
> numbers in a single column. for instance, subnum (all begin with 9) has
> values 90001, 90002, 90003 (only three records for the example), and vnum
> (all begin with 2) has values 20001, 20002. i'd like my query result to
> show:
>
> 90001
> 90002
> 90003
> 20001
> 20002
>
> this does NOT work: select a.subnum as z, b.vnum as z from subs a, vend b;
> NOR does: select a.subnum, b.vnum from subs a, vend b;
>
> by the way, the two tables DO NOT relate to each other (i.e., 90001 does
> not have anything to do with 20001). . .
>
> TIA, jt
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