Wednesday 21 December 2016

sql server - return a string of comma delimited numbers from a sql query




How can I return a comma delimited string using SQL Server?



select ID, 
(<>)
from TableA A



and have it return results like:



1, '11, 12'
2, '22, 33'

Answer



You can use STUFF(), See Demo Here



SELECT  ID

,STUFF((SELECT ', ' + CAST(data AS VARCHAR(10)) [text()]
FROM B
WHERE TableBId = A.ID
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE)
.value('.','NVARCHAR(MAX)'),1,2,' ') Comma_Output
FROM A
GROUP BY ID

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