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Anna Takang Nchongarrey-Oben
7,365 PointsSelect the "first_name" concatenated with the username in parentheses and alias it as "display_name". For example "Andre
Select the "first_name" concatenated with the username in parentheses and alias it as "display_name". For example "Andrew (chalkers)". Note that there's a space between the end of the first_name and username in parentheses. The name of the table is "users".
2 Answers
thomascawthorn
22,986 PointsIf you're in mysql, you'll need to use the CONCAT function:
SELECT CONCAT(first_name, ' (', username, ')') as display_name from users
This should give you what you want :)
Nick Davies
7,972 PointsYou use the . to concatenate in php.