What does SQL Select symbol || mean?

Solution 1:

|| represents string concatenation. Unfortunately, string concatenation is not completely portable across all sql dialects:

• ansi sql: || (infix operator)
• mysql: concat ( vararg function ). caution: || means 'logical or' (It's configurable, however; thanks to @hvd for pointing that out)
• oracle: || (infix operator), concat ( caution: function of arity 2 only ! )
• postgres: || (infix operator)
• sql server: + (infix operator), concat ( vararg function )
• sqlite: || (infix operator)

hopefully the confusion is complete ...

Solution 2:

SELECT 'a' || ',' || 'b' AS letter will combine a letter. The result become 'a,b'

Solution 3:

It is a concat statement. It will concatenate the two strings.

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