Re: Merging two columns into one

Thus spake Oliver Elphick
>   SELECT col1, col2,..., areacode || phone as phone, colx, coly,...

Although you may want this for easier reading.

SELECT col1, col2,..., (areacode || ' ') || phone as phone, colx, coly,...

Also, I would do "as fullphone" instead so that I don't get confused
between the field name and my generated string but that's mainly a
style issue.

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