how to combine 3 field in SQL

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i have a column named :fname, mi, lname and i want to make it fname<space>mi<space>lname. i want to make it as one column for checking purposes. does anyone had an idea? thanks

Posted 24-Feb-12 11:32am

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voloda2 · Answer 1 · 2012-02-24T11:52:00

Solution 1

select fname + ' ' + mi + ' ' + lname as MyColumn from table

should work I guess...

Posted 24-Feb-12 11:52am

voloda2

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newbie011292 24-Feb-12 18:20pm

i got errors my query SELECT fname + ' ' + mi + ' ' + lname as myColumn
FROM table
WHERE myColumn = '"+textBox1.Text+"'

Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Answer 2 · 2012-02-24T11:57:00

Solution 2

SQL

SELECT fname + ' ' + mi + ' ' + lname as combiname
FROM table
WHERE ...

That should do the trick.

Regards,

Manfred

Posted 24-Feb-12 11:57am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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newbie011292 24-Feb-12 18:19pm

i got errors my query SELECT fname + ' ' + mi + ' ' + lname as combiname
FROM table
WHERE combinename = '"+textBox1.Text+"'

Sarvesh Kumar Gupta · Answer 3 · 2012-02-24T15:00:00

Solution 4

Hi use below query

SQL

SELECT (fname + ' ' + mi + ' ' + lname) as FullName
FROM table

Posted 24-Feb-12 15:00pm

Sarvesh Kumar Gupta

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newbie011292 24-Feb-12 21:06pm

SELECT (fname + ' ' + mi + ' ' + lname) as FullName
FROM table WHERE FullName

is this possible?