Resp: [SQL] Concatenation in selects

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>I know it can be done, but I cannot seem to figure out how to output to
>fields concatenated together in a select. For instance, I have a table
>with first_name and last_name as fields (among others). I would like
>display first_name and last_name as one field. I want to do something
>like:
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> name=first_name + " " + last_name
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>but of course within an SQL select statement. Thanks...james
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Hi,

Try

select first_name || (' ' || last_name) as full_name from ...

if you have problems converting types to the ones expected by
the operator "||", try this one

select ltrim(first_name) || (' ' || ltrim(last_name)) as full_name from
...

where "ltrim" is used only to convert both, first_time and
last_time, to text. I wish I could convert among string types
(bpchar, varchar and text) without any tricks, but it seems this
is not implemented yet.

Fidelis Assis
MCI-Embratel - Rio de Janeiro

PS.:
1- The psql command "\do" will show the list of built-in operators
and "\df" will show the functions;

2- I use 6.3.2 with all patches applied and the OS is AIX 3.2.5