MySQL CONCAT a specific column value with the corresponding record

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable (    FirstName varchar(100),    CountryName varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam','US'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David','AUS'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris','UK'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John','US'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol','AUS'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+-------------+ | FirstName | CountryName | +-----------+-------------+ | Adam | US | | David | AUS | | Chris | UK | | John | US | | Carol | AUS | +-----------+-------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to concatenate a specific column value with the corresponding record −

mysql> select concat(FirstName,' ',CountryName) AS NameWithCountry from DemoTable having NameWithCountry LIKE '%John%';

This will produce the following output −

+-----------------+ | NameWithCountry | +-----------------+ | John US | +-----------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)