﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>SQLServerCentral / Article Discussions / Article Discussions by Author / Discuss content posted by Carl P.  Anderson  / CONCENTATION OF ROWS BY USING COALESCE / Latest Posts</title><generator>InstantForum.NET v2.9.0</generator><description>SQLServerCentral</description><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/</link><webMaster>notifications@sqlservercentral.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>CONCENTATION OF ROWS BY USING COALESCE</title><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic802594-1672-1.aspx</link><description>Hi We Can concenate Rows by using the COALESCE Statement as follows. For example if we want to concenate the Name data as "Ram,Shyam,Basha,Shiva" from Emp table.CREATE TABLE #Emp(ID INT, Name VARCHAR(40))INSERT #Emp SELECT 1, 'Ram'INSERT #Emp SELECT 2, 'Shyam'INSERT #Emp SELECT 3, 'Basha'INSERT #Emp SELECT 4, 'Shiva'ID	Name1	Ram2	Shyam3	Basha4	ShivaDECLARE @EmplList VARCHAR(400)SELECT @EmpList = COALESCE(@EmpList,'')+CASE WHEN COALESCE(@EmpList,'') &amp;lt;&amp;gt; '') AND COALESCE(Name,'') &amp;lt;&amp;gt; '' THEN ',' ELSE '' END  + COALESCE(Name,'') FROM #Emp Order BY IDSELECT @EmpListDROP TABLE #EmpResultRam,Shyam,Basha,Shiva</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:29:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>tmahaboobbasha</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>