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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Concatenating Text

Posted by Miles Eastwood
Miles Eastwood
1,682 Points

How to concatenate and use an alias at the same time?

How can i concatenate the first name, last name and email address, and the alias it to "to_field"?

SELECT first_name ||" "|| last_name ||" <"|| email ||"> "|| id AS "to_field" FROM patrons;

if I dont include an extra column after email, the code wont run

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

The alias should come after the closing angle bracket. It may be the trailing space that you included with this bracket that is throwing it off.

SELECT first_name || " " || last_name || " <" || email ||">" AS "to_field" FROM patrons;
Miles Eastwood
Miles Eastwood
1,682 Points

Ah I see now. Thank you for the help!