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A data engineer is tasked with identifying records that are common between two Delta tables with identical schemas. Which SQL command should she use to find these overlapping records?
A data engineer is tasked with identifying records that are common between two Delta tables with identical schemas. Which SQL command should she use to find these overlapping records?
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Explanation:
To understand the correct answer, let's break down the options:
- UNION ALL – Retrieves all rows, including duplicates, from both queries.
- UNION – Retrieves distinct records from both queries, removing duplicates.
- MINUS or EXCEPT – Retrieves rows from the first
SELECT
statement not found in the secondSELECT
statement. - INTERSECT – Retrieves only the rows common to both
SELECT
statements. - COPY INTO – Offers an idempotent method for incrementally ingesting data from external systems, with expectations like consistent data schema and handling of duplicate records downstream.
The correct command to find common records is INTERSECT.