mySQL UNION运算符的默认规则研究

/* 建立数据表 */
create table td_base_data( id int(10) not null auto_increment,userId int(10) default '0',primary key (`id`))ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=gbk;
create table td_base_data_20090527( id int(10) not null auto_increment,userId int(10) default '0',primary key (`id`))ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=gbk;
/* 插入模拟记录 */
insert into td_base_data(userId) values(1);
insert into td_base_data(userId) values(45);
insert into td_base_data(userId) values(45);
insert into td_base_data(userId) values(1);
insert into td_base_data(userId) values(45);
insert into td_base_data_20090527(userId) values(1);
insert into td_base_data_20090527(userId) values(45);
insert into td_base_data_20090527(userId) values(45);
insert into td_base_data_20090527(userId) values(1);
insert into td_base_data_20090527(userId) values(45);
insert into td_base_data_20090527(userId) values(45);
/* 查询测试 */
select count(userId) as cnumber from td_base_data where userId = '45';
/* 3 */
select count(userId) as cnumber from td_base_data_20090527 where userId = '45';
/* 4 */
select (select count(userId) from td_base_data where userId = '45') + (select count(userId) from td_base_data_20090527 where userId = '45') as cnumber;
/* 7 */
select count(*) from
(
select id from td_base_data where userId = '45'
union
select id from td_base_data_20090527 where userId = '45'
) as tx;
/* 4 */
select count(*) from
(
select * from td_base_data where userId = '45'
union
select * from td_base_data_20090527 where userId = '45'
) as tx;
/* 4 */
/* 证明在mysql中，union本身有剔除重复项的作用 */

/* 查询手册定义 */
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