FirstName, LastName in SQL, too complex?

Question

This SQL seems complex, is there an easier way to get FirstName, LastName when one or both of the fields can be NULL?

SELECT COALESCE(LastName,\'\')+
                


        

Answer 1

I don't think this is complex at all... On MSSQL you can do something like

SELECT Isnull(LastName,'') + ', ' + Isnull(FirstName,'')
FROM Person