Kebbel, John wrote:
> Is there a way to update a table so that a column's values can be changed to a concatenation of two other column values? For instance, something like ...
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> UPDATE TABLE tablename SET colA = colB.colC;
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Is this what you're looking for?

mysql> create table concattest (
-> field1 varchar(25),
-> field2 varchar(25),
-> field3 varchar(25)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

mysql> insert into concattest (field2, field3) values ('hi', 'there');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from concattest;
+--------+--------+--------+
| field1 | field2 | field3 |
+--------+--------+--------+
| NULL | hi | there |
+--------+--------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> update concattest set field1 = concat(field2, field3);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from concattest;
+---------+--------+--------+
| field1 | field2 | field3 |
+---------+--------+--------+
| hithere | hi | there |
+---------+--------+--------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)