Comments on: SQL Tip/Trick: Retrieving Records as a Comma-Delimited Value Using FOR XML and STUFF http://www.devexpertise.com/2009/04/14/sql-tiptrick-retrieving-records-as-a-comma-delimited-value-using-for-xml-and-stuff/ Practical tips and tricks for all things .NET, SharePoint, Silverlight, InfoPath, and general application development. Wed, 12 May 2010 15:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DevExpert http://www.devexpertise.com/2009/04/14/sql-tiptrick-retrieving-records-as-a-comma-delimited-value-using-for-xml-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 DevExpert Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:32:44 +0000 http://www.devexpertise.com/2009/04/14/sql-tiptrick-retrieving-records-as-a-comma-delimited-value-using-for-xml-and-stuff/#comment-1123 JC, maybe I'm missing something simple, but your example won't create a single, comma-delimited value, it will return all rows with a comma at the end of them. The purpose of this was to show how to get a single value that is a comma-delimited aggregation of the selected rows. JC, maybe I’m missing something simple, but your example won’t create a single, comma-delimited value, it will return all rows with a comma at the end of them. The purpose of this was to show how to get a single value that is a comma-delimited aggregation of the selected rows.

]]> By: JC http://www.devexpertise.com/2009/04/14/sql-tiptrick-retrieving-records-as-a-comma-delimited-value-using-for-xml-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 JC Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:16:11 +0000 http://www.devexpertise.com/2009/04/14/sql-tiptrick-retrieving-records-as-a-comma-delimited-value-using-for-xml-and-stuff/#comment-1098 IT LOOKS COMPLICATED! DECLARE @str AS VARCHAR(MAX) SET @str = '' select @str = IsNull(City,'') + ',' from Cities where State = 'New York' SELECT @str --AND MAYBE COALLESCE IT LOOKS COMPLICATED!

DECLARE @str AS VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @str = ”
select @str = IsNull(City,”) + ‘,’
from Cities where State = ‘New York’

SELECT @str

–AND MAYBE COALLESCE

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