Is it possible to join two tables into one single table , both tables have the same column names ...?

Question

Is it possible to join two tables in mysql into one single table , both tables have the same column names ...?

table a has

id name state
1  jose  up
2  sam   mp
3  jack  tn

table b is

id name state 
4  ken  ker
5  sk   wb

is it possible to join both like:

id name state
1  jose  up
2  sam   mp
3  jack  tn 
4  ken   ker
5  sk    wb

Answer 1

Use UNION ALL

SELECT
  id,name,state
from
  tbla
UNION ALL
SELECT
  id,name,state
from
  tblb

If you want the exact duplicates to be excluded from the output. Use UNION

SELECT
   id,name,state
from
   tbla
UNION
SELECT
   id,name,state
from
   tblb

Reference:

• 13.2.8.4 UNION Syntax

Answer 2

The requirement you are describing is a union all query, not a join :

SELECT id, name, state
FROM   table_a
UNION ALL
SELECT id, name, state
FROM   table_b