Re: Trying to append text to the end of a text string

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 11:30:53AM +1300, Adam Lawrence wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to append text onto the end of a text variable.
>
> I have the text variable P_IDT_ID, I want to add the letter S to the end of it, so I tried the following line in my code:
>
> P_IDT_ID := P_IDT_ID && cast(''S'' as text);

Try standard SQL:

P_IDT_ID || cast(''S'' as text)

Hope this helps,
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