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From darcy@druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Subject Re: Merging two columns into one
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In response to Re: Merging two columns into one  ("Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
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Thus spake Oliver Elphick
>   SELECT col1, col2,..., areacode || phone as phone, colx, coly,...

Although you may want this for easier reading.

SELECT col1, col2,..., (areacode || ' ') || phone as phone, colx, coly,...

Also, I would do "as fullphone" instead so that I don't get confused
between the field name and my generated string but that's mainly a
style issue.

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