SQL | Intersect & Except clause

1. INTERSECT clause :
As the name suggests, the intersect clause is used to provide the result of the intersection of two select statements. This implies the result contains all the rows which are common to both the SELECT statements.

Syntax :

SELECT column-1, column-2 …… 
FROM table 1
WHERE…..

INTERSECT

SELECT column-1, column-2 …… 
FROM table 2
WHERE…..

Example :

Table 1 containing Employee Details

Table 2 containing details of employees who are provided bonus

Query :

SELECT ID, Name, Bonus 
FROM
table1 
LEFT JOIN
table2
ON table1.ID = table2.Employee_ID

INTERSECT

SELECT ID, Name, Bonus 
FROM
table1 
RIGHT JOIN
table2
ON table1.ID = table2.Employee_ID;
 

Result :

 
2. EXCEPT clause :
This works exactly opposite to the INTERSECT clause. The result, in this case, contains all the rows except the common rows of the two SELECT statements.

Syntax :

SELECT column-1, column-2 …… 
FROM table 1
WHERE…..

EXCEPT

SELECT column-1, column-2 …… 
FROM table 2
WHERE…..

Example :

Table 1 containing Employee Details

Table 2 containing details of employees who are provided bonus

Query :

SELECT ID, Name, Bonus 
FROM
table1 
LEFT JOIN
table2
ON table1.ID = table2.Employee_ID

EXCEPT

SELECT ID, Name, Bonus 
FROM
table1 
RIGHT JOIN
table2
ON table1.ID = table2.Employee_ID;

Result :