SQL Server 2005 - Rows to Cols
I have a table CSFT_SuggestionItem with cols like:
SuggestionItemID Title Description, etc.
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1 Item 1 Do more work
2 Item 2 I think more is good
For each SuggestionItem, there can by multiple "Applications" where it can be associated, so I have CSFT_SuggestionItemApplication
SuggestionItemID ApplicationID
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1 1
1 2
2 1
And I have an CSFT_Application Table
ApplicationID Description
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1 Spring
2 开发者_StackOverflow Summer
3 Fall
4 Winter
I want my output to look like this:
SuggestionItemID Applications
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1 Spring, Summer
2 Spring
I know I can do this by Looping. But, is there a better way in Sql server 2005? Maybe COALESCE, PIVOT, etc.
Use:
SELECT DISTINCT
sia.SuggestionItemID,
STUFF((SELECT ','+ a.description
FROM CSFT_Application a
JOIN CSFT_SuggestionItemApplication b ON b.applicationid = a.applicationid
WHERE b.suggestionitemid = sia.suggestionitemid
GROUP BY a.description
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, '') AS applications
FROM CSFT_SuggestionItemApplication sia
Alternate using GROUP BY
:
SELECT sia.SuggestionItemID,
STUFF((SELECT ','+ a.description
FROM CSFT_Application a
JOIN CSFT_SuggestionItemApplication b ON b.applicationid = a.applicationid
WHERE b.suggestionitemid = sia.suggestionitemid
GROUP BY a.description
FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 1, '') AS applications
FROM CSFT_SuggestionItemApplication sia
GROUP BY sia.SuggestionItemID
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