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SQLBoy14
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Posted - 2014-08-10 : 23:46:47

I am wondering what is the || in sql query for?

Thank you

SQLBoy

robvolk
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15732 Posts

Posted - 2014-08-11 : 07:06:36

For Oracle and DB2 (and maybe others) it's the string concatenation operator:

SELECT 'A' || 'B'  -- AB

SQL Server uses + for string concatenation:

SELECT 'A' + 'B'

SQLBoy14
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70 Posts

Posted - 2014-08-12 : 23:18:03

Thank you robvolk. That's helped.

SQLBoy

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