SQL: connecting tables that have no relation

Question

If i have two tables that have nothing in common

I want to do a select as follows:

column from table1, column from table 2

How do I do it?

Answer 1

SELECT table1.column, table2.column 
FROM table1, table2 

gives you the cartesian product. Not really sure if that's what you need though?

Answer 2

This seems to work in SQL Server assuming you want the Cartesian Product

SELECT A.Column, B.Column
FROM TableA A, TableB B

Answer 3

Meaning, you want the cartesian product of the two tables?

Look at doing a CROSS JOIN.

Answer 4

If both tables have a single row this isn't a big issue:

SELET ( SELECT COLUMN1 FROM TABLE1 ) AS COL1, ( SELECT COLUMN1 FROM TABLE2 ) AS COL2;

See the other answers for the cartesian product and this link which is weary of them:

http://www.rampant-books.com/t_hpsdba_77_cartesian_join_operations.htm

Answer 5

Try a UNION ALL

SELECT columnA FROM table1 UNION ALL SELECT columnB from table2

Answer 6

If you're not concerned with the columns appears beside each other AND the data types are compatible, you can use UNION.

SELECT columnA FROM table1
UNION
SELECT columnB FROM table2

Answer 7

Well, you can't really unless both tables have have zero or one row then you can use Jacob G's answer.

Otherwise, 3 rows in one and 2 rows in another will give the Cartesian product = 6 rows.

If you don't want the cross/Cartesian product then you're asking for a jagged recordset which is not possible. How should rows from one table relate to a row in the other table?

If they are truly unrelated, it's 2 separate calls...