Combinig fields

Hi all,
In Access I can do a simply query and put something like:
SELECT FirstName & ", " & LastName AS FullName FROM People
doing this woud combine the two fields into one... can this be done in a SQL
stored procedure?
Thanks
GavUse the + operator to combine columns...just make sure that you don't =
add numbers if you really want to combine them as strings. =20
use pubs
go
select au_lname, au_fname, 'FullName' =3D au_lname + ', ' + au_fname =
From authors
--=20
Keith
"Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message =
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> Hi all,
>=20
> In Access I can do a simply query and put something like:
>=20
> SELECT FirstName & ", " & LastName AS FullName FROM People
>=20
> doing this woud combine the two fields into one... can this be done in =
a SQL
> stored procedure?
>=20
> Thanks
> Gav
>=20
>|||I have tried this but it simply returns null all the time.
Regards
Gav
"Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> wrote in message
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Use the + operator to combine columns...just make sure that you don't add
numbers if you really want to combine them as strings.
use pubs
go
select au_lname, au_fname, 'FullName' = au_lname + ', ' + au_fname From
authors
Keith
"Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> In Access I can do a simply query and put something like:
> SELECT FirstName & ", " & LastName AS FullName FROM People
> doing this woud combine the two fields into one... can this be done in a
SQL
> stored procedure?
> Thanks
> Gav
>|||I can see whats happening, if one of the fields is null it only returns
null... can I get it to ignore the field if it is null?
Regards
Gav
"Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> I have tried this but it simply returns null all the time.
> Regards
> Gav
> "Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:u2yfqNECEHA.2308@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Use the + operator to combine columns...just make sure that you don't add
> numbers if you really want to combine them as strings.
> use pubs
> go
> select au_lname, au_fname, 'FullName' = au_lname + ', ' + au_fname From
> authors
> --
> Keith
>
> "Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> SQL
>|||There are a few options that you can use...
Here are a few that come to mind:
CREATE TABLE #foo (col1 char(5), col2 char(5))
INSERT INTO #foo (col1, col2) VALUES ('test', null)
INSERT INTO #foo (col1, col2) VALUES ('test1', 'test1')
GO
SELECT col1 + ' ' + col2 FROM #foo=20
SELECT col1 + ' ' + ISNULL(col2, '') FROM #foo
SELECT col1 + ' ' + COALESCE(col2, '') FROM #foo
SELECT col1 + ' ' + CASE WHEN col2 IS NULL THEN '' ELSE col2 END FROM =
#foo
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Keith
"Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message =
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> I can see whats happening, if one of the fields is null it only =
returns
> null... can I get it to ignore the field if it is null?
>=20
> Regards
> Gav
>=20
> "Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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don't add
From
done in a
>=20
>|||You can replace that column value with an empty string:
SELECT
au_fname + COALESCE(initial, '') + au_lname AS full_name
FROM tblname
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
"Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> I can see whats happening, if one of the fields is null it only returns
> null... can I get it to ignore the field if it is null?
> Regards
> Gav
> "Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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add
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>|||Thanks for the help Keith and Tibor thats works great.
Cheers
Gav
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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> You can replace that column value with an empty string:
> SELECT
> au_fname + COALESCE(initial, '') + au_lname AS full_name
> FROM tblname
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>
> "Gav" <spam@.spam.com> wrote in message
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> add
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