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Databases

Elizabeth guardado
Elizabeth guardado
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Posted by Elizabeth guardado
Elizabeth guardado
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How to concatenate first name, last name and email?

How to concatenate first name, last name and email, with email having the "<>" around it Andrew.Chalkley@teamtreehouse.com I know that you have to write SELECT first_name||" "|| last_name||" "|| email but not sure how to add the < > to the email.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Put those characters into literal strings to concatenate them with the email.

Just like you have spaces in strings to separate your names, you can put symbols in strings (with or without extra spaces as needed) and concatenate them with your columns also.

vs Vs
vs Vs
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vs Vs
vs Vs
1,925 Points

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

To_field Andrew Chalkley andrew@teamtreehouse.com Dave McFarland dave@teamtreehouse.com Alena Holligan alena@teamtreehouse.com Michael Poley michael@teamtreehouse.com