left join as mysql

left join on as
псевдоним для результата left join
alias for the result of the left join

как-то так =

SELECT '1-ый курс',COUNT(*) FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT SUBJ_NAME FROM SUBJECT WHERE SEMESTER=1 OR SEMESTER=2) AS MYTABLE1
UNION 
SELECT '2-ой курс',COUNT(*) FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT SUBJ_NAME FROM SUBJECT WHERE SEMESTER=3 OR SEMESTER=4) AS MYTABLE2;


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