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Concatenate many rows into a single text string using SQL Server 2008

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25 Feb 2012CPOL 19.8K   1   4
How to concatenate many rows into a single text string using SQL Server 2008.
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try this:

SQL
if object_id('people') is Not Null drop view people;
GO
create view people ( Name ) 
as
select 'RAM'
union all select 'GURU'
union all select 'Sundar'
union all select 'Shyam'
union all select 'Inba'
union all select 'Kalai'
GO
select replace( replace( replace( (select Name as R from People for XML raw), '"/><row r="', ', ' ), '">', '' ), '</row>

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GeneralReason for my vote of 5 nice one Pin
Nikhil_S26-Feb-12 17:45
professionalNikhil_S26-Feb-12 17:45 
Generalif object_id('people') is Not Null drop view people; GO crea... Pin
pandiyarajk26-Feb-12 7:49
pandiyarajk26-Feb-12 7:49 
GeneralThat doesn't really do the same job - the original concatena... Pin
OriginalGriff22-Feb-12 23:22
mveOriginalGriff22-Feb-12 23:22 
GeneralRe: The vision I just used to illustrate, change the view by the... Pin
e-Lopes25-Feb-12 13:25
e-Lopes25-Feb-12 13:25 

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