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Asked: 2026-06-03T23:02:13+00:00

I was looking for a CONCAT function in SQL Server 2008 R2. I found

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I was looking for a CONCAT function in SQL Server 2008 R2. I found the link for this function. But when I use this function, it gives the following error:

Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 7
‘CONCAT’ is not a recognized built-in function name.

Does the CONCAT function exists in SQL Server 2008 R2?

If not, how do I concatenate strings in SQL Server 2008 R2?

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  1. Editorial Team

    CONCAT is new to SQL Server 2012. The link you gave makes this clear, it is not a function on Previous Versions, including 2008 R2.

    That it is part of SQL Server 2012 can be seen in the document tree:

    SQL Server 2012  
Product Documentation  
Books Online for SQL Server 2012  
Database Engine  
  Transact-SQL Reference (Database Engine)  
    Built-in Functions (Transact-SQL)  
      String Functions (Transact-SQL)

    EDIT Martin Smith helpfully points out that SQL Server provides an implementation of ODBC’s CONCAT function.

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