[dba-Tech] MySQL Syntax: Fresh eyes needed

For what it's worth, I finally arrived at the correct syntax:

<mysql>
SELECT
ifnull(`customers`.`Company`,concat(`customers`.`Last Name`,',
',`customers`.`First Name`)) AS `File As:`,
ifnull(`customers`.`Company`,concat(`customers`.`First Name`,',
',`customers`.`Last Name`)) AS `Customer Name`,
</mysql>

A.


On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net>wrote:

> On 2013-03-16 9:43 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>
>> OR does it need brackets like [Last Name]?
>>
>
> MySQL doesn't support brackets. Requires backticks.
>
> PB
>
>
>
>> R
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>]
>> On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
>> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 6:51 AM
>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] MySQL Syntax: Fresh eyes needed
>>
>> Try 'customers.Last Name' instead of customers.`Last Name' etc
>>
>> --
>> Stuart
>>
>> On 16 Mar 2013 at 8:35, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>>
>>  I've been staring at this expression too long and my eyes are
>>> beginning to
>>> cross:
>>> <,mysql>
>>> SELECT
>>> IF(ISNULL(customers.`Last
>>> Name`),customers.Company,**CONCAT(customers.'First
>>> Name',' ', customers.'Last Name')) as 'File As:'
>>> from `customers`
>>> </mysql>
>>>
>>> Syntax error. The Concat() part works fine in isolation so the problem
>>> is not there
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Arthur
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