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This article explains how to use the CONCAT, JOIN, LEFT functions in MySQL using the app of MySQL in the SQL for Confluence (Pro Edition) app.

Instructions

Follow the steps:

1. Login to Log into the Confluence instance.

2. Go to the required confluence page and edit the same.

3. Add Insert a SQL macro and go to the the Edit option  option to open the settings for SQL settingsmacro editor.
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4. Select the a Data source profile and write enter the SQL statement as shown in the below image.
   a. required SQL query in SQL statement. Follow this link to configure Data source profile.

   • CONCAT () - This function allows you to add two or more strings together.
     

     Code Block
     language sql
     SELECT user_name, CONCAT (

   • display_name," ", active," ",created_date) AS Userdetails FROM cwd_user;

     
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   • Click Save settings in the macro editor and Update to save the page edits.
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   • JOIN - A JOIN clause is used to combine rows from two or more tables, based on

   a related column between them.
   

   • column(s) common to both of them.
     
     In this example, a join is used on two tables cwd_user and cwd_group. The result is displayed based on the common columns in both the tables.

     Code Block
     language sql
     SELECT user_name,last_name,group_name

   • FROM cwd_user JOIN cwd_group on cwd_user.directory_id = cwd_group.directory_id;

     
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   c.

   • LEFT () -

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   •  This function is a string function that returns the left part of a string with a specified length. 
     

      

   • In

   below

   • this example,

   the following

   • the statement uses the LEFT function to return the

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   • 10 leftmost characters of the

   stringMySQL LEFT

   • string group_name. The long group_name can be displayed in a short form if required.
     

     Code Block
     language sql
     SELECT group_name, LEFT(group_name,

   5

   • 10) summary FROM cwd_group;

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