DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( number INT NOT NULL, alpha CHAR(6) NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1413006,'idlfmv'), (1413065,'smpsfz'),(1413127,'sljrhx'),(1413304,'qerfnd'); SELECT number, alpha, CONCAT_WS('<---->',number,alpha) AS new FROM t1 GROUP BY number; number alpha new 1413006 idlfmv 1413006<---->idlfmv 1413065 smpsfz 1413065<---->smpsfz 1413127 sljrhx 1413127<---->sljrhx 1413304 qerfnd 1413304<---->qerfnd SELECT CONCAT_WS('<---->',number,alpha) AS new FROM t1 GROUP BY new LIMIT 1; new 1413006<---->idlfmv SELECT number, alpha, CONCAT_WS('<->',number,alpha) AS new FROM t1 GROUP BY new LIMIT 1; number alpha new 1413006 idlfmv 1413006<->idlfmv SELECT number, alpha, CONCAT_WS('-',number,alpha,alpha,alpha,alpha,alpha,alpha,alpha) AS new FROM t1 GROUP BY new LIMIT 1; number alpha new 1413006 idlfmv 1413006-idlfmv-idlfmv-idlfmv-idlfmv-idlfmv-idlfmv-idlfmv SELECT number, alpha, CONCAT_WS('<------------------>',number,alpha) AS new FROM t1 GROUP BY new LIMIT 1; number alpha new 1413006 idlfmv 1413006<------------------>idlfmv drop table t1;