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Add prefix text to select statement

I am trying to run a select statement on two different servers that have some matching primary keys. I want to be able to select the primary key but add the prefix 'A' to every record

ex: 

ID   "to this"   ID
1                A1
2                A2
3                A3

This is what I have for the query

select 'A' + CAST (a.id AS VARCHAR(25)) as ID,a.*,':',     b.*,':',c.*,':', d.*,':', e.*,'REPORTDT', g.*
from labgen.order_ a
join patient b on a.id = b.chart
join insurance c on b.ins1 = c.code
join client d on d.num = a.client1
join salesgrp e on d.salesgroup = e.num
join reportdt g on a.accession = g.accession
Solution

  • Try this in the select statement:

    select CONCAT('A', a.id) as ID, a.*,':', //etc

    This link will also help.