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Concatenating Columns in Query Expression

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Jean9

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I would like to be able to concatenate several data columns in an expression to add to the query. I have tried concatenating with the following symbols without success:
&
||
+
space

I have used the comma symbol with success in that I do not get an error but only the last field of the concatenated string is being displayed.

What should be the syntax of the concatenation, please?
Thanks in advance,
J9
 
Can you give us some more examples?

Here's what i used to get the concatenation from PS Query

SELECT A.LAST_NAME || ' , ' || A.FIRST_NAME
FROM PS_NAMES A
WHERE A.EFFDT =
(SELECT MAX(A_ED.EFFDT) FROM PS_NAMES A_ED
WHERE A.EMPLID = A_ED.EMPLID
AND A.NAME_TYPE = A_ED.NAME_TYPE
AND A_ED.EFFDT <= SYSDATE)
AND A.EMPLID = '0123456'

Expression if of character - 100 length

A.LAST_NAME || ' , ' || A.FIRST_NAME




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You are correct. I don't know what I did the first time when I used the pipe symbols and got that error. I tried it again and it worked fine. Thank you for your quick response.
 
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