The MySQL CONCAT function is used to concatenate two strings to form a single string. Try the following example:
mysql> SELECT CONCAT('FIRST ', 'SECOND'); +----------------------------+ | CONCAT('FIRST ', 'SECOND') | +----------------------------+ | FIRST SECOND | +----------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
To better understand the CONCAT function, consider the employee_tbl table, which has the following entries:
mysql> SELECT CONCAT(id, name, work_date) -> FROM employee_tbl; +-----------------------------+ | CONCAT(id, name, work_date) | +-----------------------------+ | 1John2007-01-24 | | 2Ram2007-05-27 | | 3Jack2007-05-06 | | 3Jack2007-04-06 | | 4Jill2007-04-06 | | 5Zara2007-06-06 | | 5Zara2007-02-06 | +-----------------------------+
Akshay Joy Mar 26 '13 at 7:01 2013-03-26 07:01
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