Getting error 1064 while using union function

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I wanted to get the top 3 and bottom 3 of average growth from this table District_data,. However, I am getting error 1064 where the Union position is not right, please help me with the correct syntax of this product.

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Select state, avg(growth)*100 as "Top 3"  from district_data group by state order by 2 desc, 1; 
Union
Select state, avg(growth)*100 as "Bottom 3" from district_data group by state order by 2,  1 limit 3;

Posted 28-Jun-22 21:24pm

Tushar Patki

Updated 28-Jun-22 21:47pm

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Richard MacCutchan 29-Jun-22 3:36am

You have a semi-colon character after the 1, which makes “Union” the beginning of a new statement.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2022-06-28T21:47:00

In SQL, the semicolon is an (often optional but recommended) statement terminator: if you add one in the middle of a query statement, it ends the statement there and starst a new one.
Remove the semicolon here:

SQL

SELECT state, AVG(growth)*100 AS "Top 3" FROM district_data GROUP BY state ORDER BY 2 DESC, 1;  <<<-----
UNION
SELECT state, AVG(growth)*100 AS "Bottom 3" FROM district_data GROUP BY state ORDER BY 2,  1 LIMIT 3;