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Is there a way to create a SQL Server function to “join” multiple rows from a subquery into a single delimited field?

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Is there a way to create a SQL Server function to “join” multiple rows from a subquery into a single delimited field?
posted Dec 29, 2014 by Amit Kumar Pandey

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If you're using SQL Server 2005, you could use the FOR XML PATH command.

SELECT [CustomerID]
     , [Name]
     , (STUFF((SELECT CAST(', ' + [City] AS VARCHAR(MAX)) 
         FROM [Location] 
         WHERE (CustomerID = Customer.CustomerID) 
         FOR XML PATH ('')), 1, 2, '')) AS Locations
FROM [Customer]

It's a lot easier than using a cursor, and seems to work fairly well.

answer Jan 2, 2015 by Vrije Mani Upadhyay
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