See following SQL
SELECT DISTINCT c1 FROM t1
UNION
SELECT c1 FROM t2
@
We could remove DISTINCT safely. UNION will do what DISTINCT does here. See following sample.
SELECT c1 FROM t1@
c1
----
1
1
2
SELECT c1 FROM t2@
c1
----
2
3
3
SELECT c1 FROM t1
UNION
SELECT c1 FROM t2
@
c1
----
1
2
3


