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InNomina
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 Posted - 2012-02-22 : 17:28:05
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| I have 4 columns in 1 tableFirstMiddleLastFullI would like to combine the first 3 in the fourth i.e.Bush, George WalkerWould I Concatenate this?-------------------------"If you never fail, you're not trying hard enough" |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2012-02-22 : 17:37:36
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| [code]UPDATE tableSET Full = First + COALESCE(' ' + Middle,'') + COALESCE(' ' + Last,'')[/code]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
17689 Posts |
Posted - 2012-02-22 : 17:38:11
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isnull(Last + ', ' , '') + isnull(First, '') + ' ' + isnull(Middle, '')
KH[spoiler]Time is always against us[/spoiler] |
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InNomina
Starting Member
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Posted - 2012-02-22 : 18:59:34
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| Thank you both, I now have it working!!-------------------------"If you never fail, you're not trying hard enough" |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2012-02-23 : 09:06:58
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| welcome------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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combining names