UnionNodeBuilder.Build(String) Method

Finalizes the chain of methods specified to build a UnionNode.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.DataFederation

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.DataAccess, DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap

Declaration

C#

public UnionNode Build(
    string alias
)

VB.NET

Public Function Build(
    alias As String
) As UnionNode

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
alias	String	A String that is the query node’s alias.

Returns

Type	Description
UnionNode	A DevExpress.DataAccess.DataFederation.UnionNode object.

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C#

winforms-dashboard-data-federation/CS/DataFederationExample/Form1.cs#L112

UnionNode queryUnionAll = sqlSource.From().Select("OrderID", "OrderDate").Build("OrdersSqlite")
    .UnionAll(excelSource.From().Select("OrderID", "OrderDate").Build("OrdersExcel"))

reporting-winforms-bind-union-federated-data-source/CS/Reporting-Bind-Report-to-Union-Based-Federated-Data-Source/Form1.cs#L38

// Create a federated Union query.
var contactsNode = sqlSource.From()
    // Select the "ContactName", "City" and "Phone" columns from the SQL source.

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-data-federation/VB/DataFederationExample/Form1.vb#L108

Dim queryUnionAll As UnionNode = sqlSource.From().Select("OrderID", "OrderDate").Build("OrdersSqlite").UnionAll(excelSource.From().Select("OrderID", "OrderDate").Build("OrdersExcel")).Build("OrdersUnionAll")

aspnet-web-forms-dashboard-data-federation/VB/AspNetWebFormsDataFederation/Default.aspx.vb#L67

' Union and UnionAll
Dim queryUnionAll As UnionNode = sqlSource.From().Select("OrderID", "OrderDate").Build("OrdersSqlite").UnionAll(excelSource.From().Select("OrderID", "OrderDate").Build("OrdersExcel")).Build("OrdersUnionAll")
queryUnionAll.Alias = "Union query"

reporting-winforms-bind-union-federated-data-source/VB/Reporting-Bind-Report-to-Union-Based-Federated-Data-Source/Form1.vb#L40

' Create a federated Union query.
Dim contactsNode = sqlSource.From().Select("ContactName", "City", "Phone").Build().Union(excelSource.From().Select("ContactName", "City", "Phone").Build(), UnionType.Union).Build("Contacts")
    ' Select the "ContactName", "City" and "Phone" columns from the SQL source.