Combine multiple text records to one in MySQL

To combine multiple text records, use GROUP_CONCAT(). Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1611    -> (    -> Value text    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.86 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1611 values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1611 values('is'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1611 values('learning'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1611 values('Java'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1611 values('with'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1611 values('MySQL Database'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1611; 

This will produce the following output −

+----------------+ | Value          | +----------------+ | John           | | is             | | learning       | | Java           | | with           | | MySQL Database | +----------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to combine multiple text records −

mysql> select  group_concat(Value separator ' ') from DemoTable1611; 

This will produce the following output

+-------------------------------------------+ | group_concat(Value separator ' ')         | +-------------------------------------------+ | John is learning Java with MySQL Database | +-------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)