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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Concatenating Text

Scott McDowell
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Scott McDowell
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I can't solve this code

I can't solve this code

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Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
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Balazs Peak
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You need to use concatination in this challenge.

The challenge wants you to use the concatenation operator ( || ). More info: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/operators003.htm

In a real life situation, you could have used another solution, which is the CONCAT() function. More info: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/trymysql.asp?filename=trysql_func_mysql_concat2

Now the solution has to look something like this:

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