Re: migrating from MSSql

SELECT FirstName || ' ' || LastName AS "Customer Name" FROM tblCustomers;

Should do what you want.

PostgreSQL List User <pguser@rwsoft-online.com> writes:

> Hi there! I just started using postgres and I'm loving it. I really want
> to go all open source at the office... I have a database in MSSQL which
> I was able to export succesfully using the DTServices... But the client
> application which contains a lot of SQL statements crashes every now and
> then becouse of sql syntax...
>
> Most of the problems I've benn able to fix, but there are a couple I
> would like to ask about:
>
> I have some querys that go like:
>
> SELECT FirstName + ' ' + LastName AS [Customer Name] FROM tblCustomers
>
> How should I write something that does the same (joins both fields with
> a space in the middle and calls the resulting field 'Customer Name') in
> a way that postgreSQL can understand?
>
> Thanks to all in advance!
>
>
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