Combining two columns as third column

Maybe a dumb question or me being burnt out.
The people that wrote the DB I am working on were not the brightest in the
world.
They created an inventory item with the manufacturer post pended to the
number.
Example.
81335C12 AMP
Where 81553C12 is the part number and AMP is the abbreviation for the
Manufacturer.
Please don't ask me why.
But I am pushing data to the DB and I need to combine the part number from
the new DB which is kept in a column by itself and then concatenate the
Manufacturer code which is kept in a column by itself in to one column on an
append query.
It is possible or do I need to do an intermedate table?
It is partnumber space manufacturercode. That is there primary key.
Suggestions appreciated
GeorgeAssuming this is just an INSERT and assuming you don't have any NULLs to
worry about, could this be what you're looking for:
INSERT INTO NewTable (part_number, ...)
SELECT partnumber+' '+manufacturercode, ...
FROM OtherTable
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David Portas
SQL Server MVP
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"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
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> Assuming this is just an INSERT and assuming you don't have any NULLs to
> worry about, could this be what you're looking for:
> INSERT INTO NewTable (part_number, ...)
> SELECT partnumber+' '+manufacturercode, ...
> FROM OtherTable
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>