> concat('C',c.contact_id) as ref
That worked. Thanks the the tip.
Now, lets say I have three tables:
contact
contact_id int
prospect
prospect_id int
client
client_id int
If a contact is a prospect, it will have a line in
both the contact and prospect table, with the same
id value.
If a contact is a client, it will have a line in
the contact, prospect, and client table, all with
the same id value.
For example:
contact_id 1
contact_id 2
prospect_id 2
contact_id 3
prospect_id 3
client_id 3
I want the ref numbers to be:
C1
P2
L3
Is there a way to use a query to do that?
Something like:
create or replace view
view_AllData as
select
concat('C' or 'P' or 'L',c.contact_id) as reference_number,
from contact c
left join prospect p on c.contact_id = p.prospect_id
left join client l on p.prospect_id = l.client_id
Any ideas how to do this?
Thanks
Neil
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