suresh gupta wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I had a table with 2 fields like First name(FN) and last name(LN).
> When I give a query for the records of the 2 columns, they are
> displaying in 2 different columns. My requirement is to combine both
> the columns in a single one. As per my knowledge there are some
> operators which combine 2 columns and display together in single
> columns like |, +, etc. in other databases like Oracle.
> For example FN = Suresh and LN=Gupta the output of the query should be
> Suresh Gupta in single column.
>
> Is there any similar operator or method on postgresql to get my
> result. Please advice.
>
> Pgsql version is 8.1 and window version software.
>
>
> Regards,
> *G. V. Suresh Gupta*
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This will help you.
postgres=# create table name(fn text,ln text);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into name values ('abc','xyz');
INSERT 0 1
postgres=# select * from name;
fn | ln
-----+-----
abc | xyz
(1 row)
postgres=# select fn||' '||ln as name from name;
name
---------
abc xyz
(1 row)
