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chbala85
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49 Posts

Posted - 2013-07-11 : 08:10:03


Hi all,

i have table it's having 10 columns.Here fisrtname ,lastname column need to concat and stored to fullname column but lastname some times having null values also.

That fullname column data to insert into another table test2.
Heere fullname column datatype is varchar.


help me..............

best regards,

krsh.

James K
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3873 Posts

Posted - 2013-07-11 : 08:11:49
[code]INSERT INTO YourNewTable (FullName)
SELECT COALESCE(FirstName + ' ','') + COALESCE(LastName,'')
FROM YourOriginalTable[/code]
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MuMu88
Aged Yak Warrior

549 Posts

Posted - 2013-07-11 : 08:44:53
Or If you SQL 2012 you can do this:

[CODE]
INSERT INTO YourNewTable (FullName)
SELECT CONCAT(FirstName + ' ', LastName)
FROM YourOriginalTable
[/CODE]
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