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I'm trying to find a way to combine two columns into one, but keep getting the value '0' in the
column instead to the combination of the words.

These are what I've tried as well as others:

SELECT column1 + column2 AS column3

FROM table;

SELECT column1 || column2 AS column3

FROM table;

SELECT column1 + ' ' + column2 AS column3

FROM table;
Could someone please let me know what I'm doing wrong?

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What database are you using? What are the types of the two columns? – Gordon Linoff Mar 30 '14 at 3:18
 possible duplicate of concatenate two database columns into one resultset column – Choudhury Saadmaan
Mahmid Mar 30 '14 at 8:39
 Check this out: stackoverflow.com/questions/6427764/… – Choudhury Saadmaan Mahmid Mar 30 '14 at 8:39
 Use top answer's solution but add a pipe. select concat(column1, '|', column2). It helps in excel
later – Cosmic Hawk Sep 30 '16 at 19:21
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My guess is that you are using MySQL where the + operator does addition, along with silent
conversion of the values to numbers. If a value does not start with a digit, then the converted value
is 0.
So try this:

select concat(column1, column2)

Two ways to add a space:

select concat(column1, ' ', column2)

select concat_ws(' ', column1, column2)
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answered Mar 30 '14 at 3:20

Gordon Linoff
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 i am using sql server 2005 and it is giving me error as Incorrect syntax near ')'. – hud Dec 29 '15
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@coder . . . This question is tagged "mysql". If you have a question about SQL Server, then ask it as a
question, not in a comment. – Gordon Linoff Dec 29 '15 at 23:13
 Works for T-SQL as well, excellent and simple solution. Reduces two columns into one. – Ryan
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Try this, it works for me

select (column1 || ' '|| column2) from table;

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This looks like Oracle. – coburne Apr 17 '15 at 16:47
 This worked for combining multiple (more than 2) columns too. Thx – Kayathiri Jun 1 '16 at 10:35
 The SQL standard provides the CONCAT() function to concatenate two strings into a single string.
SQLite, however, does not support the CONCAT() function. Instead, it uses the concatenate operator (||)
to join two strings into one. – PaulH Oct 28 '19 at 10:09
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It's work for me

SELECT CONCAT(column1, ' ' ,column2) AS newColumn;

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This is the only solution that would work for me, when I required a space in between the columns
being merged.

select concat(concat(column1,' '), column2)

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For the MySQL fans out there, I like the IFNULL() function. Other answers here suggest similar
functionality with the ISNULL() function in some implementations. In my situation, I have a column
of descriptions which is NOT NULL, and a column of serial numbers which may be NULL This is how I
combined them into one column:
SELECT CONCAT(description,IFNULL(' SN: ', serial_number),'')) FROM my_table;
My results suggest that the results of concatenating a string with NULL results in a NULL. I have been
getting the alternative value in those cases.
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answered Jan 7 '15 at 19:17

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If you are Working On Oracle Then:
SELECT column1 || column2 AS column3
FROM table;
OR

If You Are Working On MySql Then:

SELECT Concat(column1 ,column2) AS column3

FROM table;
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I have used this way and Its a best forever. In this code null also handled

SELECT Title,
FirstName,
lastName,
ISNULL(Title,'') + ' ' + ISNULL(FirstName,'') + ' ' + ISNULL(LastName,'') as FullName
FROM Customer
Try this...

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answered Dec 20 '14 at 13:24

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convert(varchar, column_name1) + (varchar, column_name)
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SELECT Collumn1 + ' - ' + Collumn2 AS 'FullName' FROM TableName
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 Simple way to combine – Ravin Aug 9 '16 at 6:20
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