| From: | darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain) | 
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| To: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> | 
| Cc: | Christopher Sawtell <csawtell(at)xtra(dot)co(dot)nz>, Gary MacMinn <G(dot)MacMinn(at)nca(dot)gov(dot)au>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: Merging two columns into one | 
| Date: | 2000-06-23 11:40:25 | 
| Message-ID: | m135Rov-000AY5C@druid.net | 
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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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