GROUP_CONCAT

 
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(ancestor) AS ancestors FROM catg_path WHERE descendant=7 
//ancestor: 2,5,7

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(ancestor SEPARATOR ' / ') AS ancestors FROM catg_path WHERE descendant=7
//ancestors: 2 / 5 / 7

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(ancestor ORDER BY ancestor DESC SEPARATOR ' / ') AS ancestors 
            FROM catg_path WHERE descendant=7 
//ancestors: 7 / 5 / 2

CONCAT_WS

 
SELECT CONCAT_WS(" / ", catg, subcatg) FROM catg WHERE catg='programming'; // jQuery / MySQL / PHP

CONCAT

 
// returns NULL if any argument is NULL

SELECT CONCAT('My', 'S', 'QL'); 

// Output: 'MySQL'




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