I have a table/dataset like:
1/1/2009 | Training 1 | Mike
1/1/2009 | Training 1 | Bill
1/1/2009 | Training 1 | Steve
I would like to display as
1/1/2009 | Training 1
Mike, Bill, Steve
The idea is that the resulting printed page space is not wasted by printing one column on most of the page down but shortening the space to either a horizontal list or a columned result inside that field. What is the best way?
I would like to handle this is report designer as opposed to mucking with SQL results. I see several ways that gets close but not exact. I’m on SSRS 2005.
I wound up using a SQL stuff/xml statement in the select portion of the t-sql with a join back to the overall select’s data. Something like this: http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/concatenate-using-xml-path.aspx