How to combine two different tables with different columns

Question

I have a situation where I need to combine two different tables with different columns.

DDL :

create table tableA ([timestamp] datetime, [source] char(1), [description] varchar(20));
insert into tableA values
('2018-10-12', 'a', 'first day'),
('2018-10-13', 'b', 'alarms'),
('2018-10-14', 'c', 'processing');

create table tableB ([timestamp] datetime, entity varchar(20));
insert into tableB values
('2018-10-12', 'new env'),
('2018-10-13', 'resource'),
('2018-10-18', 'integrated');

I have different columns in two different tables. And I need to combine it as shown in screenshot using SQL.

Answer 1

Use union all

select a.timestamp, a.source,a.description,b.entity
from tableA a left join tableB b on a.timestamp=b.timestamp 
where b.timestamp is not null
union all
select b.timestamp, a.source,a.description,b.entity
from tableA a right join tableB b on a.timestamp=b.timestamp 
where a.timestamp is null

Answer 2

You can use INNER JOIN for this

SELECT a.TimeStamp, a.Source, a.Description, b.Entity 
FROM TableA a
LEFT JOIN Tableb b ON a.TimeStamp=b.TimeStamp; 
UNION
SELECT a.TimeStamp, a.Source, a.Description, b.Entity 
FROM TableA a
RIGHT JOIN Tableb b ON a.TimeStamp=b.TimeStamp; 

Answer 3

You need to use full join . Try this query:

select coalesce (a.timestamp, b.timestamp), source, description, entity
from tableA a
full join tableB b on a.timestamp = b.timestamp

Demo

Answer 4

使用以下代码

SELECT isnull(t1.TimeStamp, t2.TimeStamp) TimeStamp, t1.source,t1.description, t2.entity from table1 t1 FULL OUTER JOIN table2 t2 on t1.id=t2.id