Question

im trying to write a code where i can combine the first letter of column 1 in my database to the text of column 2 and insert the result in another column

basically this is what i want to happen

from

first_name    last_name    username
Lorem         Ipsum        

into

first_name    last_name    username
Lorem         Ipsum        lipsum

what is the best way to handle this?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

UPDATE tableName
SET username = CONCAT(SUBSTRING(LOWER(first_name),1,1),LOWER(last_name))

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