Comma Separated or Slash Separated Row Values in a Column

August 4, 2003

>>Script Language and Platform: SQL Server 2000
Converts the grouped row values separated by commas or slash. If you have a table such as the one below:

TBFundInOut 
IDNO AccountNo
A-123456789, ''S-123456''
A-222222222, ''S-123456''
B-123456873, ''S-121212''
C-125343534, ''S-873645''



TBClientData
IDNO Name
A-123456789, ''Peter''
A-222222222, ''Chan''
B-123456873, ''Wong''
C-125343534, ''LEE''

AccountNo Name
''S-123456'', Peter/Chan
''S-121212'', Wong
''S-873645'', LEE

select distinct TBF.AccountNo, dbo.slash(AccountNo) as Name
from TBFundInOut as TBF
inner join TBClientData as TBC
on TBF.IDNO = TBC.IDNO

select distinct TBF.AccountNo, dbo.Comma(AccountNo) as Name
from TBFundInOut as TBF
inner join TBClientData as TBC
on TBF.IDNO = TBC.IDNO

Author: MAK

create function dbo.slash (@AccountNo varchar(20) ) returns varchar(100) 
as
begin
declare @x varchar(100)
set @x =""
select @x = @x + ''/'' +Name from TBClientData where IDNO in 
(select IDNO from TBFundInOut where AccountNo= @AccountNo)
--print right(@x,len(@x)-1)
set @x = right(@x,len(@x)-1)
return (@x)
end

GO
create function dbo.Comma (@AccountNo varchar(20) ) returns varchar(100) 
as
begin
declare @x varchar(100)
set @x =""
select @x = @x + '','' +Name from TBClientData where IDNO in 
(select IDNO from TBFundInOut where AccountNo= @AccountNo)
--print right(@x,len(@x)-1)
set @x = right(@x,len(@x)-1)
return (@x)
end

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