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Concatenate fields by specifying the start position of the next filed

  • April 5, 2013 at 3:27 am

    #270663

    Hi,

    how do I Concatenate fields by specifying the start position of the next filed.

    e.g. I have table_x with three columns

    Name

    LastName

    Empno

    I would like to concatenate the three so that I only get one line. but I would also like to specify the length of the column and where the next column would start.

  • April 5, 2013 at 3:41 am

    #1603839

    Why don't you simply concatenate into fixed-width, like this?

    DROP TABLE #table_x

    CREATE TABLE #table_x (Empno INT IDENTITY(3141593,31415), FirstName VARCHAR(25), LastName VARCHAR(25))

    INSERT INTO #table_x (FirstName, LastName) VALUES

    (('Francis'),('Bacon')),

    (('Jean'),('Baptiste')),

    (('Clarence'),('Birdseye')),

    (('Charles'),('Babbage')),

    (('John'),('Logie Baird'))

    SELECT *,

    Concatenated_FixedWidth = CAST(FirstName AS CHAR(25)) + CAST(LastName AS CHAR(25)) + CAST(Empno AS CHAR(25))

    FROM #table_x

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  • April 5, 2013 at 4:13 am

    #1603844

    Thanks chris

    that's it

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