Question

How do I get:

id       Name       Value 1          A          4 1          B          8 2          C          9 

to

id          Column 1          A:4, B:8 2          C:9 

Answer 1

No CURSOR, WHILE loop, or User-Defined Function needed.

Just need to be creative with FOR XML and PATH.

[Note: This solution only works on SQL 2005 and later. Original question didn’t specify the version in use.]

CREATE TABLE #YourTable ([ID] INT, [Name] CHAR(1), [Value] INT)  INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'A',4) INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (1,'B',8) INSERT INTO #YourTable ([ID],[Name],[Value]) VALUES (2,'C',9)  SELECT    [ID],   STUFF((     SELECT ', ' + [Name] + ':' + CAST([Value] AS VARCHAR(MAX))      FROM #YourTable      WHERE (ID = Results.ID)      FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE).value('(./text())[1]','VARCHAR(MAX)')   ,1,2,'') AS NameValues FROM #YourTable Results GROUP BY ID  DROP TABLE #YourTable