How to concatenate two columns in SQL server 2008

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ItemCode(nvarchar)

ItemName(nVarchar)

IBM Infoprint 1312
IBM Infoprint 1222
IBM Infoprint 1226
IBM Infoprint 1226
HP Color Laser Jet 5

Output I need like this

A00001-IBM Infoprint 1312
A00002-IBM Infoprint 1222
A00003-IBM Infoprint 1226
A00004-IBM Infoprint 1226
A00005-HP Color Laser Jet 5

Posted 14-Apr-13 20:50pm

DhananjayanP

Updated 15-Apr-13 6:46am

RedDk

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Solution 1

You can use the CONCAT[^] function to concatenate output from columns.

Posted 14-Apr-13 20:53pm

Abhinav S

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Maciej Los 15-Apr-13 2:58am

This is very good answer for MS SQL server 2012. See my answer.

Solution 3

use plus sign...

SQL

select ItemCode + '-' + ItemName As col1 from table_name

Happy Coding!
:)

Posted 14-Apr-13 21:00pm

Aarti Meswania

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Abhinav S 15-Apr-13 4:18am

Of course. 5.

Aarti Meswania 15-Apr-13 4:19am

Thank you! :)

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-14T20:54:00

Solution 2

See solution 1. It's very good for MS SQL Server 2012. but for earlier version you need to use "+": + (String Concatenation) (Transact-SQL)[^]

Test it:

SQL

SELECT CONVERT(NVARCHAR(80), ItemCode + '-' + ItemName) AS NewName
FROM YourTable

Posted 14-Apr-13 20:54pm

Maciej Los

Updated 14-Apr-13 20:57pm

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Abhinav S 15-Apr-13 4:18am

Good point. A 5.

Maciej Los 15-Apr-13 4:26am

Thank you, Abhinav ;)