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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:06:35 +0530
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To: suresh gupta <suresh.g@zensar.com>
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suresh gupta wrote:
> Hi Team,
>  
> I had a table with 2 fields like First name(FN) and last name(LN). 
> When I give a query for the records of the 2 columns, they are 
> displaying in 2 different columns. My requirement is to combine both 
> the columns in a single one. As per my knowledge there are some 
> operators which combine 2 columns and display together in single 
> columns like |, +, etc. in other databases like Oracle.
> For example FN = Suresh and LN=Gupta the output of the query should be 
> Suresh Gupta in single column. 
>  
> Is there any similar operator or method on postgresql to get my 
> result. Please advice.
>  
> Pgsql version is 8.1 and window version software.
>
>
> Regards,
> *G. V. Suresh Gupta*
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This will help you.

postgres=# create table name(fn text,ln text);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into name values ('abc','xyz');
INSERT 0 1
postgres=# select * from name;
 fn  | ln
-----+-----
 abc | xyz
(1 row)

postgres=# select fn||' '||ln as name from name;
  name
---------
 abc xyz
(1 row)