mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE Employees
-> (
-> EmpID SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
-> EmpFN VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
-> EmpMN VARCHAR(20) NULL,
-> EmpLN VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
-> )
-> ENGINE=INNODB;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> # insert 7 records into the "employees" table
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Arthur", "Smith","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Peter", "Jones","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Ann", "Smith","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Sandra", "Williams","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Andrew", "Smith","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Paul", "Jones","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO employees (EmpFN, EmpLN, EmpMN) VALUES ("Sally", "Williams","A");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> SELECT EmpID, CONCAT_WS(' ', EmpFN, EmpMN, EmpLN) AS Name
-> FROM Employees
-> ORDER BY EmpLN;
+-------+-------------------+
| EmpID | Name |
+-------+-------------------+
| 2 | Peter A Jones |
| 6 | Paul A Jones |
| 1 | Arthur A Smith |
| 3 | Ann A Smith |
| 5 | Andrew A Smith |
| 4 | Sandra A Williams |
| 7 | Sally A Williams |
+-------+-------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table Employees;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)