How to use INTERSECT in MySQL or MariaDB - MySQL / MariaDB Developer Tutorial

How to use INTERSECT in MySQL or MariaDB 

INTERSECT operator returns distinct records from two more more query results. To use INTERSECT operator below rules show be satisfied

  1. The number of columns should be same in each query 
  2. The data type of columns should be compatible
Neither MySQL nor MariaDB has INTERSECT operator. We have to work around to achieve INTERSECT operator results. We can use Distinct with INNER JOIN to achieve INTERSECT.

Syntax:


SELECT DISTINCT
    a.column1, a.column2, b.column1, b.column2
FROM
    table1 a
        INNER JOIN
    table12 b ON a.column1 = b.column1
        AND a.column2 = b.column2;


Example: 


Let's create two tables. Customer and Customer1. We will have more records in Customer table and few records in Customer1 table. We will use distinct with Inner Join to achieve Intersect operator results.

CREATE TABLE `customer` (
  `idcustomer` int,
  `firstname` varchar(50)  NULL,
  `lastname` varchar(30)  NULL,
  `age` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `phonenumber` char(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `dob` date DEFAULT NULL,
  `gender` char(1) NOT NULL
) ;
 

Let's create Customer1 table with same definition.

CREATE TABLE `customer1` (
  `idcustomer` int,
  `firstname` varchar(50)  NULL,
  `lastname` varchar(30)  NULL,
  `age` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `phonenumber` char(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `dob` date DEFAULT NULL,
  `gender` char(1) NOT NULL
) ;

Let's insert records in Customer table.


insert into customer(idcustomer,firstname,lastname,age,phonenumber,dob,gender)
values
(1,'Aamir','Ali',39,'505-4141969','1980-01-01','M'),
(2,'Aamir','Naz',39,'505-4141969','1980-01-01','M'),
(3,'Aamir','Shahzad',39,'505-4141900','1980-01-01','M'); 


Let's write our query for customer and customer1 table to achieve intersect operator results.


SELECT DISTINCT
    a.*
FROM
    customer a
        INNER JOIN
    customer1 b ON a.idcustomer = b.idcustomer
        AND a.firstname = b.firstname
        AND a.lastname = b.lastname
        AND a.age = b.age
        AND a.phonenumber = b.phonenumber
        AND a.dob = b.dob
        AND a.gender = b.gender;


The above query returned two matching distinct records from customer and customer1 table that we will get if INTERSECT operator is used in any other relational database system.


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