Question

How do I get a commma delimited result from the following example with no parameters and from a single query:

select FirstName + ' ' LastName from table_of_Names where NameType='game show host'

Bob Barker, Willie Aammes, Steve Allen, Clive Anderson

Thanks.

Answer 1

With parameters (better performance):

DECLARE @list VARCHAR(max)

SELECT @list = COALESCE(@list + ', ' , '') + FirstName + ' ' + LastName 
FROM table_of_Names where NameType='game show host'

SELECT @list

Without parameters (not as performant):

select stuff((select ','+ FirstName + ' ' + LastName
              FROM table_of_Names where NameType='game show host'
              for xml path(''), type).value('.', 'varchar(max)'), 1, 1, '') as NameList