How to Compare Two Tables For Equality in BigQuery

Compare tables and extract their differences with standard SQL

Giorgos Myrianthous
Towards Data Science
6 min readJan 26, 2023

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Comparing tables in BigQuery is a crucial task when testing the results of data pipelines and queries prior to productionizing them. The ability to compare tables allows for the detection of any changes or discrepancies in the data, ensuring that the data remains accurate…

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