Post reply

I need to return multiple rows into one single string

  • October 15, 2010 at 1:07 am

    #97507

    Select * from Cus returns

    1John

    2 Bob

    I need to return the all the rows from Cus table into a single string. The return is dynamic.

    I do not know the number of rows returned

    My result should be

    @String = 1,John,2,Bob

  • October 15, 2010 at 7:26 am

    #1237519

    DECLARE @cus TABLE (col1 int, col2 varchar(50));

    INSERT INTO @cus

    SELECT 1, 'John' UNION ALL

    SELECT 2, 'Bob';

    SELECT stuff((SELECT ',' + convert(varchar(10), col1) + ',' + col2

    FROM @cus

    ORDER BY col1

    FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('.','varchar(max)'),1,1,'')

    Wayne
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
    Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

    If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
    Links:
    For better assistance in answering your questions
    Performance Problems
    Common date/time routines
    Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 1 (of 1 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login to reply