Moin, I try to concat values from three fields in a function like this: create or replace function fconcat_name(varchar, varchar, varchar) returns varchar as ' declare ttl alias for $1; vnm alias for $2; nme alias for $3; begin return ttl || '' '' || vnm || '' '' || nme; end; ' language plpgsql; That works but if one of the fields is empty there are to much spaces in the result. Is there any alternative to a monster if-then construct? Many thanks Matthias ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings