union vs union all in sql

1UNION ALL:
2COMBINES THE RESULT OF 2 QUERY AND
3DOESN'T REMOVE DUPLICATE ROWS
4AND DOESN'T SORT BY FIRST COLUMN
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6UNION:
7COMBINES THE RESULT OF 2 QUERY AND
8REMOVES DUPLICATE ROWS AND
9SORTS BY FIRST COLUMN 
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1SELECT expression1, expression2, ... expression_n
2FROM tables
3[WHERE conditions]
4UNION ALL
5SELECT expression1, expression2, ... expression_n
6FROM tables
7[WHERE conditions];

1Combines the results from 2 or more SELECT statements and returns only
2distinct values.
3Example: Returns the cities from the events and subscribers tables.
4SELECT city FROM events
5UNION
6SELECT city from subscribers;

1UNION ALL:
2COMBINES THE RESULT OF 2 QUERY AND
3DOESN'T REMOVE DUPLICATE ROWS
4AND DOESN'T SORT BY FIRST COLUMN
5
6UNION:
7COMBINES THE RESULT OF 2 QUERY AND
8REMOVES DUPLICATE ROWS AND
9SORTS BY FIRST COLUMN 

1/* UNION AND UNION ALL*/
2union and union all operator in sql server are used to combine the result-set of
3two or more select queries.
4union remove duplicate rows, where as union all doesn't.
5.e.g_
6SELECT Column_List from Table_Name
7UNION
8SELECT Column_List from Table_Name
9/--------------------------------------------/
10.e.g_
11SELECT Column_List from Table_Name
12UNION ALL 
13SELECT Column_List from Table_Name
14
15/* UNION AND JOIN */
16Union combine rows from 2 or more tables, where as 
17join combine columns from 2 or more tables.
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1UNION ALL:
2COMBINES THE RESULT OF 2 QUERY AND
3DOESN'T REMOVE DUPLICATE ROWS
4AND DOESN'T SORT BY FIRST COLUMN
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