Re: migrating from MSSql

Hi,

use:
SELECT FirstName || ' ' + || LstName AS "Customer Name" FROM tblCustomers

Tommi

PostgreSQL List User wrote:

>Hi there! I just started using postgres and I'm loving it. I really want
>to go all open source at the office... I have a database in MSSQL which
>I was able to export succesfully using the DTServices... But the client
>application which contains a lot of SQL statements crashes every now and
>then becouse of sql syntax...
>
>Most of the problems I've benn able to fix, but there are a couple I
>would like to ask about:
>
>I have some querys that go like:
>
>SELECT FirstName + ' ' + LastName AS [Customer Name] FROM tblCustomers
>
>How should I write something that does the same (joins both fields with
>a space in the middle and calls the resulting field 'Customer Name') in
>a way that postgreSQL can understand?
>
>Thanks to all in advance!
>
>
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