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Multiple rows to one comma-separated value in Sql Server


I want to create a table valued function in SQL Server, which I want to return data in comma separated values.

For example table: tbl

ID | Value
---+-------
 1 | 100
 1 | 200
 1 | 300     
 1 | 400 

Now when I execute the query using the function Func1(value)

SELECT Func1(Value) 
FROM tbl 
WHERE ID = 1

Output that I want is: 100,200,300,400


Solution

  • Test Data

    DECLARE @Table1 TABLE(ID INT, Value INT)
    INSERT INTO @Table1 VALUES (1,100),(1,200),(1,300),(1,400)
    

    Query

    SELECT  ID
           ,STUFF((SELECT ', ' + CAST(Value AS VARCHAR(10)) [text()]
             FROM @Table1 
             WHERE ID = t.ID
             FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE)
            .value('.','NVARCHAR(MAX)'),1,2,' ') List_Output
    FROM @Table1 t
    GROUP BY ID
    

    Result Set

    ╔════╦═════════════════════╗
    ║ ID ║     List_Output     ║
    ╠════╬═════════════════════╣
    ║  1 ║  100, 200, 300, 400 ║
    ╚════╩═════════════════════╝
    

    SQL Server 2017 and Later Versions

    If you are working on SQL Server 2017 or later versions, you can use built-in SQL Server Function STRING_AGG to create the comma delimited list:

    DECLARE @Table1 TABLE(ID INT, Value INT);
    INSERT INTO @Table1 VALUES (1,100),(1,200),(1,300),(1,400);
    
    
    SELECT ID , STRING_AGG([Value], ', ') AS List_Output
    FROM @Table1
    GROUP BY ID;
    

    Result Set

    ╔════╦═════════════════════╗
    ║ ID ║     List_Output     ║
    ╠════╬═════════════════════╣
    ║  1 ║  100, 200, 300, 400 ║
    ╚════╩═════════════════════╝