how to customize the result of comparing 2 tables in sql

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Hi all,I have 2 tables Table1 and Table2 which have the same format of column for example both of them have following columns:

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  ...

where ID is the primary key.
Now how can i write a sql query to compare the data of them column by column and return the result as a datatable which shows each column of Table1 next to the same column of Table2?
I have found some ways in my searches such as using

SQL

minus ,Union All or Except

but my problem is sequence of columns in result.
Note : The number of columns in both tables is more than 130.

Edit : I mean i want something like this as the result:

A1  A2     B1  B2     C1  C2   ...

Posted 4-Nov-12 22:35pm

M_Mogharrabi

Updated 5-Nov-12 18:13pm

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2012-11-04T22:41:00

Solution 1

Create two views and the dump the data in them. Make sure they have the same column structure.
Then compare the two views using UNION or EXCEPT just like you have done now.

Posted 4-Nov-12 22:41pm

Abhinav S

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M_Mogharrabi 6-Nov-12 0:26am

Thnx, but i can not understand what you mean?

Aarti Meswania · Answer 2 · 2012-11-04T22:43:00

Solution 2

try this,

SQL

select * from
(
    select * from tbl1
    except
    select * from tbl2
) as a
   
union all

select * from
(
    select * from tbl2
    except
    select * from tbl1
) as a

Happy Coding!
:)

Posted 4-Nov-12 22:43pm

Aarti Meswania

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[no name] 5-Nov-12 6:14am

Msg 205, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
All queries combined using a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator must have an equal number of expressions in their target lists.

Aarti Meswania 5-Nov-12 6:22am

this error comes when Table1 & table2 both have not same no. of columns and type of columns Respectively
e.g.
table1
--------
col1 int
col2 varchar(10)

table2
-----------
col1 int

or

table2
---------
col1 int
col2 datetime

then it will give you error
because this will not be pass in rules for union all and except statements

Prasad Guduri 5-Nov-12 7:16am

Thanks a Lot....!!!!

Aarti Meswania 5-Nov-12 7:56am

welcome!
:)

M_Mogharrabi 6-Nov-12 0:27am

Thnx Aarti Meswania for your reply, but it does not my solution, because your code does not set the sequence of columns in my preferred format.