Question

i have a sql query, i want to append the html in it and return the resultset into single cell below is my query

SELECT TOP (@TOP) C.Title FROM CrossArticle_Article C
    INNER JOIN CrossArticle_ArticleToCategory A2C
    ON C.Id = A2C.ArticleId
    INNER JOIN CrossArticle_Category CC
    ON A2C.CategoryId = CC.Id
    INNER JOIN crossarticle_url CU
    ON C.Id = CU.articleid
    WHERE CC.Id = @CategoryID
    AND CC.PortalId = 6
    GROUP BY C.TITLE, CU.URL, C.PublishDate
    ORDER BY C.PublishDate DESC

currently it will display in row, i want in single cell with html appended to it.
like below <li><span><a href='+CU.URL+'>C.Title</a></span></li>

Please reply if anyone have any idea

Answer 1

As for the how…

SELECT TOP(@TOP) '<li><span><a href=''' + CU.URL + '''>' + C.Title + '</a></span></li>'
FROM...

As for the Why… You might be better-off building this in your mark-up…not sure what your requirements may be, but blending your data layer with your presentation layer can have some drawbacks.