Concatenate
SQL
SELECT ((CSUSER01.FIRSTNAME || ' ') || CSUSER01.LASTNAME) AS FIRSTNAME01
FROM CSUSER CSUSER01
XML query API
<query alias="testConcatenate" projectedClass="com.taleo.akirademo.entity.Candidate">
<projections>
<projection projectedField="firstName">
<concatenate>
<concatenate>
<field path="firstName"/>
<string> </string>
</concatenate>
<field path="lastName"/>
</concatenate>
</projection>
</projections>
</query>