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SQL Server: Can I Comma Delimit Multiple Rows Into One Column?

I have a bunch of values in a data source that i am trying to output as one single row:

SELECT
    '|| Id == "' + cast(ID as varchar(100)) + '"'
FROM 
    dbo.CAItem
WHERE 
    isactive = 1

This is the correct data, but I would like to output it as a single row instead of individual rows for each result so that the my return would be one single row like this:

|| Id == "4431" || Id == "4436"

Answer 1

There is no GROUP_CONCAT() function in SQL Server, however STRING_AGG() was introduced in SQL Server 2017.

In the meantime, you can do this:

DECLARE @a TABLE(ID INT);

INSERT @a SELECT 4431 UNION ALL SELECT 4436;

SELECT *
  FROM (SELECT '|| Id == "' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), ID) + '"'
  FROM @a -- WHERE Isative = 1
FOR XML PATH('')) AS x(n);