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STRING function [String]

Function 

Concatenates one or more strings into one large string.

Syntax 

STRING ( string-expression [, ...] )

Parameters 

string-expression    A string.

If only one argument is supplied, it is converted into a single expression. If more than one argument is supplied, they are concatenated into a single string.

Usage 

Numeric or date parameters are converted to strings before concatenation. The STRING function can also be used to convert any single expression to a string by supplying that expression as the only parameter.

If all parameters are NULL, STRING returns NULL. If any parameters are non-NULL, then any NULL parameters are treated as empty strings.

Standards and compatibility 

• SQL/92    Vendor extension.

• SQL/99    Vendor extension.

• Sybase    Not supported by Adaptive Server Enterprise.

Example 

The following statement returns the value testing123.

SELECT STRING( 'testing', NULL, 123 )