Re: SQL question

NRonayette <r97m10@socotec.fr>

From: NRonayette <r97m10@socotec.fr>
To: Travis Bauer <trbauer@indiana.edu>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-07-10T12:27:43Z
Lists: pgsql-general

Travis Bauer a écrit :
> 
> Is it possible to return a column in an sql statement which concantenates
> two other columns and adds some other characters.  For example:
> 
> create table t1 (x int, y int);
> insert into t1 values(1,2);
> select ???? as nifty from t1;
> 
> nifty
> -----
> 1/2
> 
> What should I put in for the ???? ?

select t1.x||'/'||t1.y from t1;

this should work. If you can't concatenate int with char (t1.x with
'/'), you must use a function to convert int in char If "to_char" is the
name of this function, ???? became : to_char(t1.x)||'/'||to_char(t1.y)

Nicolas