I should have qualified that, it works with a view

Won't work:
select firstname + ' ' + Lastname as name from peopletable where name = 
'Bruce Willis'

But build the  firstname + ' ' + Lastname as name  into your view and the 
following will work (provided name there).
select * from testview where name = 'Bruce Willis'


At 03:21 PM 2/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>You wouldn't know off hand if it works in MSSQL Server?
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave Bosky
>Sr. Multimedia Web Designer
>Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
>office: (843)369-8613
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Selene Bainum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:10 PM
>To: SQL
>Subject: RE: Combining fields
>
>
>You can use:
>
>SELECT Fname + ' ' + Lname AS FullName
>
>Using single quotes instead of double quotes.  You may be able to use:
>
>Where FullName = 'Dave Bosky'
>
>But some db's won't like that because FullName isn't a real field, so
>you may need to do:
>
>WHERE Fname = 'Dave' AND Lname = 'Bosky'
>
>Selene Bainum
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Team Macromedia
>WebTricks
>http://www.webtricks.com
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bosky, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:56 PM
>To: SQL
>Subject: Combining fields
>
>
>If I have a table called MYNAMES with ID, FName, LName fields how can I
>use both FNAME and LNAME to match a single variable?
>
>Something like
>select Fname+" "+Lname as FullName
>from MyNames
>Where FullName = 'Dave Bosky'
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave Bosky
>Sr. Multimedia Web Designer
>Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
>office: (843)369-8613
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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