On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 10:50 -0500, George Handin wrote:
> Is there a way using built-in PostgreSQL functions to combine two data
> fields into a single field at runtime when querying data?
>
> For example, the query now returns:
>
> id first last
> --- ------- ----------
> 1 Goerge Handin
> 2 Joe Rachin
>
> I'd like it to return:
>
> id name
> --- -------------------
> 1 George Handin
> 2 Joe Rachin
>
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Try this:
SELECT id, first || || last AS name
FROM table;
-Ken