MySQL: Joining Field

Question

I have 3 fields in 1 table with data like this:

id | firstName | lastName  
1 | Budi | Arsana

and I want to execute a query to create the following output:

id | fullName  
1 | Budi Arsana

Notice that the output is combining the field firstName and lastName into fullName

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Use the CONCAT function! It is very simple to use it. Just Google it!

Answer 2

CONCAT() them with a space in between:

SELECT id, CONCAT(firstName, ' ', lastName) AS fullName FROM table

Or use CONCAT_WS() if you had more than two fields to join:

SELECT id, CONCAT_WS(' ', firstName, lastName, otherName) AS fullName FROM table