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jimtimber
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2014-06-16 : 05:01:29
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| HI,I'm new to SQL and am having an issue with an MS-SQL query. Is there a particular part of the forum I should post this please?ThanksJim |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2014-06-16 : 07:02:52
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What kind of problem are you experiencing?
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jimtimber
Yak Posting Veteran
60 Posts |
Posted - 2014-06-16 : 10:54:14
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| I'm trying to merge "title" + "first name" and "surname" but if the title is blank on the database, it doesn't pull through the other name parts, even though they are in the record.Jim |
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Ifor
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2014-06-16 : 11:02:19
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| [code] SELECT COALESCE(title + ' ', '') + COALESCE(firstname + ' ', '') + COALESCE(surname, '') AS FullName FROM YourTable [/code] |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2014-06-16 : 11:06:09
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This is the known behavior in most SQL Server configurations.If you try to concatenate strings and there is at least 1 NULL value involved then the result is NULL.You can do this for example:selectcoalesce(titel, '')+' '+coalesce([first name],'')+' '+coalesce(surname,'') as MyColumnfrom...In this solution coalesce() will replace a given NULL value in a column by an empty string (2 single quotes '') so the concatenation will return what you have expected...
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
30421 Posts |
Posted - 2014-06-16 : 11:42:39
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SELECT CONCAT([First Name], ' ', [Last Name])
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jimtimber
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2014-06-16 : 11:47:42
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| Thank you both! The COALESCE idea has worked. You've saved me a lot of stressing :) I'm new to this SQL language so please bear with me :)Jim |
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Where to post my question (MS SQL)?