Merge two tables sql

Question

This is my data set:
Dataset 1:

col2 col3 col4

1      2    3

1      5    6

Dataset 2:

name2  name3 name4

 a       b     c

 d       e     l

I want to merge these two table like this:

col2 col3 col4 name2 name3 name4

 1    2     3   a     b     c

 1    5     6   d     e     l

I've tried with:

select * from table1 join table2 on true;

but gives me:

col2 col3 col4 name2 name3 name4

1     2    3     a    b      c

1     2    3     d    e      l

Which isn't correct. How could i achieve this?

Answer 1

Your result should have been four records.

You need a common key to join on, but don't have one. Here is one method:

select t1.col2, t1.col3, t1.col4, t2.name2, t2.name3, t2.name4
from (select t1.*, row_number() over () as seqnum
      from table1 t1
     ) t1 join
     (select t2.*, row_number() over () as seqnum
      from table2 t2
     ) t2
     on t1.seqnum = t2.seqnum;

Note that the ordering of the rows (defining the matching) is indeterminate. If this is important, then include order by clauses in the row_number() with the appropriate ordering.

Merge two tables sql

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