• Agreed.

    For example:

    ALTER TABLE dbo.tablename

    DROP COLUMN Full_Name;

    ALTER TABLE dbo.tablename

    ADD Full_Name AS CAST(ISNULL(F_Name + ' ', '') + ISNULL(Lname, '') AS varchar(100))

    -- change 100 to whatever max length you want for the column

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