I have following data in my table \"devices\"
affiliate_name affiliate_location model ip os_type os_version
cs1 inter
CONCAT_WS
still produces null for me if the first field is Null. I solved this by adding a zero length string at the beginning as in
CONCAT_WS("",`affiliate_name`,'-',`model`,'-',`ip`,'-',`os_type`,'-',`os_version`)
however
CONCAT("",`affiliate_name`,'-',`model`,'-',`ip`,'-',`os_type`,'-',`os_version`)
produces Null when the first field is Null.
you can use if statement like below
select CONCAT(if(affiliate_name is null ,'',affiliate_name),'- ',if(model is null ,'',affiliate_name)) as model from devices
convert the NULL
values with empty string by wrapping it in COALESCE
SELECT CONCAT(COALESCE(`affiliate_name`,''),'-',COALESCE(`model`,''),'-',COALESCE(`ip`,''),'-',COALESCE(`os_type`,''),'-',COALESCE(`os_version`,'')) AS device_name
FROM devices
SELECT CONCAT(isnull(`affiliate_name`,''),'-',isnull(`model`,''),'-',isnull(`ip`,''),'-',isnull(`os_type`,''),'-',isnull(`os_version`,'')) AS device_name
FROM devices
To have the same flexibility in CONCAT_WS as in CONCAT (if you don't want the same separator between every member for instance) use the following:
SELECT CONCAT_WS("",affiliate_name,':',model,'-',ip,... etc)
Use CONCAT_WS instead:
CONCAT_WS() does not skip empty strings. However, it does skip any NULL values after the separator argument.
SELECT CONCAT_WS('-',`affiliate_name`,`model`,`ip`,`os_type`,`os_version`) AS device_name FROM devices