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GROUP_CONCAT
Aggregate function. Concatenates all of the values passed in during aggregation.
Info
This aggregate function is not to be confused with CONCAT, which is a non-aggregate function returning a concatenation of its list of arguments.
Syntax
GROUP_CONCAT( [DISTINCT]
expression, [ expression, [expression ...]]
[SEPARATOR string] )
Arguments
- DISTINCT: optionally filter the result set for only unique sets of expressions
- expression: any set of expressions. This may be a column name, the result of another function, or a math operation.
- SEPARATOR string: by default, the separator character is the comma “,". This argument overrides the default.
Return Type
The return type is a string. The result is made up of the concatenated non-NULL values from the given group, or NULL if there are no non-NULL values.
Examples
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(ship_code) FROM products;
****
+-------------------------+
| GROUP_CONCAT(ship_code) |
+-------------------------+
| A,B,A,A,C,D,A,B |
+-------------------------+
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT ship_code) AS distinct_codes FROM products;
****
+----------------+
| distinct_codes |
+----------------+
| A,B,C,D |
+----------------+
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT ship_code SEPARATOR " ") AS distinct_codes FROM products;
****
+----------------+
| distinct_codes |
+----------------+
| A B C D |
+----------------+
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(first_name, " ", last_name) FROM BFFs;
****
+------------------------------------------+
| GROUP_CONCAT(first_name, " ", last_name) |
+------------------------------------------+
| Cecelia Cruz,Ari Floo,Skylar Rhodes |
+------------------------------------------+
