Thread: Add one column to another

I have to deal with a table which contains:

first_name
surname
email1
email2

... and I would like to create a view which combines both email columns thus:

first_name
surname
email

It looks simple but I can't think of an obvious query.

gvim

Use the concat || operator.


On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 15:21 +0100, gvim wrote:
> I have to deal with a table which contains:
> 
> first_name
> surname
> email1
> email2
> 
> ... and I would like to create a view which combines both email columns thus:
> 
> first_name
> surname
> email
> 
> It looks simple but I can't think of an obvious query.
> 
> gvim
> 

Something like this...?

SELECT first_name,surname, email1 || ';' || email2
FROM t_your_table;


Best,
Oliver

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>I have to deal with a table which contains:
>
> first_name
> surname
> email1
> email2
>
> ... and I would like to create a view which combines both email columns 
> thus:
>
> first_name
> surname
> email
>
> It looks simple but I can't think of an obvious query.
>
> gvim
>
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I have to deal with a table which contains:

first_name
surname
email1
email2

... and I would like to create a view which combines both email columns
thus:

first_name
surname
email

It looks simple but I can't think of an obvious query.

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SELECT first_name, surname, ARRAY[email1, email2] AS email
FROM [...]

David J.

(anonymous) wrote:

> I have to deal with a table which contains:

> first_name
> surname
> email1
> email2

> ... and I would like to create a view which combines both email columns thus:

> first_name
> surname
> email

> It looks simple but I can't think of an obvious query.

Try:

| SELECT first_name, surname, email1 AS email FROM testtable WHERE email1 IS NOT NULL UNION ALL
| SELECT first_name, surname, email2 AS email FROM testtable WHERE email2 IS NOT NULL;

Tim

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Oliveiros d'Azevedo Cristina
<oliveiros.cristina@marktest.pt> wrote:
> Something like this...?
>
> SELECT first_name,surname, email1 || ';' || email2
> FROM t_your_table;

If there's any nulls in email1 or email2 they'll need special handling
with coalesce.