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Asked: 2026-05-29T09:32:54+00:00

I’m working with a table which has Name, FirstName, and Surname fields. Name was

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I’m working with a table which has “Name”, “FirstName”, and “Surname” fields.

“Name” was used years ago but is still supported.

Today though the “FirstName” and “Surname” fields are used instead.

Here’s what I’d like to do for my query on this table. If FirstName and/or Surname are not Null then I want them returned for the row, otherwise I want Name.

FirstName and Surname can be concatenated with a space between, giving just a single field in the returned result. Or maybe you have a better solution.

Thanks you!

Barry

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  1. Editorial Team

    This can be done by either using COALESCE

    SELECT COALESCE(Firstname + ' ' + Surname, Name)
FROM   ATable

    or using ISNULL

    SELECT ISNULL(Firstname + ' ' + Surname, Name)
FROM   ATable

    If Firstname or Surname can be NULL and you want to return one of these, you would use COALESCE

    SELECT COALESCE(Firstname + ' ' + Surname, Firstname, Surname, Name)
FROM   ATable

    COALESCE

    Returns the first nonnull expression among its arguments.

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