Can MySQL concatenate strings with ||

Question

I\'m using sqlite3 for the moment, and hence concatenation strings using the || operator.

At some later date I\'d like to shift to MySQL, and hence it

Answer 1

The || works in MySQL as well but you need to set sql_mode to PIPES_AS_CONCAT.

Official Doc

Demo:

mysql> select c from tmp;
+------+
| c    |
+------+
| foo  |
| bar  |
+------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select c||' hi' from tmp;
+----------+
| c||' hi' |
+----------+
|        0 |
|        0 |
+----------+
2 rows in set, 2 warnings (0.00 sec)

mysql> set sql_mode=PIPES_AS_CONCAT;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select c||' hi' from tmp;
+----------+
| c||' hi' |
+----------+
| foo hi   |
| bar hi   |
+----------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)