String Operators

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SQL++ provides the concatenation string operator.

Concatenation

The concatenation operator joins two strings. The result of the concatenation operator is also a string.

Syntax

concatenation-term ::= expr '||' expr
Syntax diagram

Example

The following example shows concatenation of two strings.

Query
WITH airline AS (
   [
      { "name": "Delta Airlines", "code": "DL" },
      { "name": "United Airlines", "code": "UA" }
   ]
)
SELECT name || " (" || code || ")" AS full_airline_name
FROM airline
Result
[
  {
    "full_airline_name": "Delta Airlines (DL)"
  },
  {
    "full_airline_name": "United Airlines (UA)"
  }
]

Refer to Comparison Operators for string comparisons.