Question

I’m trying to create a UDF in SQL Server 2005 Express as below:

CREATE FUNCTION [CombineValues] () RETURNS VARCHAR(8000) AS BEGIN  DECLARE @CuisineList VARCHAR(8000);  RETURN      (     SELECT @CuisineList = COALESCE(@CuisineList + ', ', '') +          CAST(Cuisine AS varchar(20))     FROM Cuisines     ) END 

Cuisines has the structure:

CuisineID INT PK, Cuisine VARCHAR(20) 

When I try to create the function as above, I get an error:

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Procedure CombineValues, Line 10 Incorrect syntax near ‘=’.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

This answer is from the original poster, Wild Thing. Please do not vote it up or down.

CREATE FUNCTION [CombineValues] () RETURNS VARCHAR(8000) AS BEGIN  DECLARE @CuisineList VARCHAR(8000);  SELECT @CuisineList = COALESCE(@CuisineList + ', ', '') + CAST(Cuisine AS varchar(20)) FROM Cuisines;  RETURN  ( SELECT @CuisineList ) END