From: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
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To: | PostgreSQL List User <pguser(at)rwsoft-online(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: migrating from MSSql |
Date: | 2001-11-21 01:23:37 |
Message-ID: | 20011120172233.B60531-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com |
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, PostgreSQL List User wrote:
> Hi there! I just started using postgres and I'm loving it. I really want
> to go all open source at the office... I have a database in MSSQL which
> I was able to export succesfully using the DTServices... But the client
> application which contains a lot of SQL statements crashes every now and
> then becouse of sql syntax...
>
> Most of the problems I've benn able to fix, but there are a couple I
> would like to ask about:
>
> I have some querys that go like:
>
> SELECT FirstName + ' ' + LastName AS [Customer Name] FROM tblCustomers
>
> How should I write something that does the same (joins both fields with
> a space in the middle and calls the resulting field 'Customer Name') in
> a way that postgreSQL can understand?
select FirstName || ' ' || LastName AS "Customer Name" FROM tblCustomers
should do it.
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