how to convert vertical columns to horizontal

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how to convert vertical columns to horizontal

zubamark

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June 13, 2008 at 2:43 pm

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Hi,
It should work on SQL2005 and 2000.
id name
-- -----
1 John
1 Bill
1 Marc
4 Jack
I need:
id name
-- -----
1 John;Bill;Marc;Jack.
Thanks,
M.Z.

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Ken Simmons SSCertifiable Points: 7822 More actions · Answer 1

Try this.

Select TOP 1 ID, coalesce(Name,'')+ ';' + Name

FROM Table1

Where ID = 1

Raghuram (AJ) Ten Centuries Points: 1214 More actions · Answer 2

zubamark (6/13/2008)
Hi,
It should work on SQL2005 and 2000.
id name
-- -----
1 John
1 Bill
1 Marc
4 Jack
I need:
id name
-- -----
1 John;Bill;Marc;Jack.
Thanks,
M.Z.

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http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic466976-149-1.aspx

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004313 More actions · Answer 3

It's one of the most frequently asked questions, ever... 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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