Re: Append text using Concat on an Update query - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Append text using Concat on an Update query
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Msg-id 20070202043233.GD3882@fetter.org
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In response to Append text using Concat on an Update query  ("d" <datenisis@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:03:43PM -0800, d wrote:
> I'm trying to append new text on a field using the concat function.
>
> On the Set statement I use something like this:
>
> Set Field = Concat(Field,'ABC')

> And when I check the results 'ABC' wasn't appended to <Field>.  What
> should I do to make it append?

The SQL standard syntax for this is,

    Set Field = Field || 'ABC'

Cheers,
David.
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