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MS Access: Concatenate strings together

In Microsoft Access, you can concatenate multiple strings together into a single string.

Syntax

The syntax to concatenate strings using the "&" operator is:

string_1 & string_2 & string_n

Applies To

For Example

"new" & "ark" would return "newark"
"Tech on the" & " Net!" would return "Tech on the Net!"
"This " & "is " & "a test" would return "This is a test"

VBA Code

The "&" operator can be used to concatenate strings in VBA code. For example:

Dim LSQL as string

LSQL = "Select * from Suppliers"
LSQL = LSQL & " where Supplier_ID = 2345"

SQL/Queries

You can use the "&" operator in a query to concatenate multiple fields into a single field in your result set.

To do this, open your query in design mode. Enter your field names in the query window separated by the "&" symbol.

Microsoft Access