How to concatenate two strings in SQL Server 2005

Question

I want to concatenate the words \"dummy\'s\" and \"dock\".

How can I concatenate them in SQL Server 2005? Does it support double quotes?

Answer 1

To concatenate two strings in 2008 or prior:

SELECT ISNULL(FirstName, '') + ' ' + ISNULL(SurName, '')

good to use ISNULL because "String + NULL" will give you a NULL only

One more thing: Make sure you are concatenating strings otherwise use a CAST operator:

SELECT 2 + 3 

Will give 5

SELECT '2' + '3'

Will give 23