Re: Concat two fields into one at runtime

George Handin wrote:
> Is there a way using built-in PostgreSQL functions to combine two data 
> fields into a single field at runtime when querying data?
>
> For example, the query now returns:
>
> id    first    last
> ---   -------  ----------
> 1     Goerge   Handin
> 2     Joe      Rachin
>
> I'd like it to return:
>
> id    name
> ---   -------------------
> 1     George Handin
> 2     Joe Rachin
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
if you want the 2 fields with a space between them

select first ||' '||last as name from foo;

should do it.

Oisin