DESCRIBE FUNCTION concat; DESCRIBE FUNCTION EXTENDED concat; SELECT concat('a', 'b'), concat('a', 'b', 'c'), concat('a', null, 'c'), concat(null), concat('a'), concat(null, 1, 2), concat(1, 2, 3, 'a'), concat(1, 2), concat(1), concat('1234', 'abc', 'extra argument') FROM src LIMIT 1;