SQL Concatenation Query - Four As in Concatenated Name - sql

Question

I am trying to create a view in SQL. We will call this view "A7T8". The view will pull first and last names from the database, and concatenate the first and last names into a field called FullName. However, I only want to select the concatenated names that have a total of at least four As in their first and last names. (Rebecca Aaronson would not be displayed since she only has 3 As, but Harry Flanagan would be displayed.
Currently my code is:
CREATE VIEW A7T8 AS
SELECT FNAME || ' ' || LNAME AS FULLNAME
FROM A7
WHERE Upper(LNAME) LIKE '%A%A%A%A%' OR Upper(FNAME) LIKE '%A%A%A%A%'
ORDER BY LNAME, FNAME;
But this only pulls names that have four As in the first name or four As in the last name. I want it to pull names that have a total of at least four As in the concatenated full name. How do I do this?

Answer 1

You can simply write:
CREATE VIEW A7T8 AS
SELECT FNAME || ' ' || LNAME AS FULLNAME
FROM A7
WHERE UPPER(FNAME || ' ' || LNAME) LIKE '%A%A%A%A%'
ORDER BY LNAME, FNAME;

Answer 2

You can try the below approach
CREATE VIEW A7T8 AS
select FNAME + ' ' + LNAME AS FULLNAME
from [A7]
where len(FNAME + LNAME) - len(Replace(Upper(FNAME) + Upper(LNAME),'A','')) >= 4
ORDER BY LNAME, FNAME;

Answer 3

I think Concat do the job, you must use it in a query not with the designer
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[DEMO_VIEW]
AS
SELECT Concat('IND_', LIBELLE) as SECONDLIBELLE,
CODE as SECONDCODE
from dbo.DEMOTABLE
GO

Answer 4

Use a REGEX. This will match first last with 1-4 A's
CREATE VIEW A7T8 AS
SELECT FNAME || ' ' || LNAME AS FULLNAME
FROM A7
WHERE CONCAT(Upper(LNAME), " ", Upper(FNAME)) REGEX '[A]{1,4}'
ORDER BY LNAME, FNAME;