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Merge Columns

Concatenates the values in two columns, joins them by with string, and stores the resulting value in a new column.

Sample

<mergeColumns tableName="person"
    column1Name="phoneAreaCode"
    joinString="-"
    column2Name="phoneSuffix"
    finalColumnName="phone"
    finalColumnType="varchar(50)"
/>

Available Attributes

tableName Name table containing the columns to join [required]
schemaName Name of the table schema
column1Name Name column containing the first half of the data [required]
joinString String to place include between the values from column1 and column2 (may be empty) [required]
column2Name Name column containing the second half of the data [required]
finalColumnName Name of the column to create [required]
finalColumnType Datatype of the column to create [required]

Database Compatiblity

MySQL No Issues
PostgreSQL No Issues
Oracle No Issues
MS-SQL No Issues
Sybase No Issues
DB2 No Issues
Derby Not Supported
HSQL No Issues
H2 No Issues
Caché No Issues
Firebird No Issues
MaxDB No Issues

Automatic Rollback Support: NO

 
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