Concat a string to SELECT * MySql

Question

The following query works fine with MySQL:

SELECT concat(title,'/') FROM `socials` WHERE 1

It Concat / to the selected title field.

However, when I try to do the following:

SELECT concat(*,'/') FROM `socials` WHERE 1

It returns the follwoing Error:

 #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax;
check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '*,'/') FROM `socials` WHERE 1 LIMIT 0, 30' at line 1

So is there any way to make such sql query to work with MySql

• rene: No, that can't be done in a plain select. Can you use a stored procedure?
• SaidbakR: No using stored procedure is not an option for me.

Answer 1

You simply can't do that in SQL. You have to explicitly list the fields and concat each one:

SELECT CONCAT(field1, '/'), CONCAT(field2, '/'), ... FROM `socials` WHERE 1

If you are using an app, you can use SQL to read the column names, and then use your app to construct a query like above. See this stackoverflow question to find the column names: Get table column names in mysql?

• SaidbakR: Thank you all, but the most distinguishable aspect of this answer to obtain it as correct, is showing how to achieve selecting the multiple fields.
• Ben Lee: @sємsєм, you do it by listing them manually (or, if you are using an app, you can use SQL to read the columns, and then use your app to construct a query like above).

Answer 2

If you want to concatenate the fields using / as a separator, you can use concat_ws:

select concat_ws('/', col1, col2, col3) from mytable

You cannot escape listing the columns in the query though. The *-syntax works only in "select * from". You can list the columns and construct the query dynamically though.

Answer 3

You cannot concatenate multiple fields with a string. You need to select a field instand of all (*).

Answer 4

You cannot do this on multiple fields. You can also look for this.

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