Convert row to column

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Converting Comma Separated Value to Rows and Vice Versa in SQL Server

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Often while reporting you will encounter a situation where you will have comma separated values in a single column but you want to report them in rows. In other cases you might have values in multiple rows and want them to be a single value separated by comma or some other character. Arshad Ali demonstrates how to write queries in SQL Server to handle these scenarios quickly.

2015-06-01

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