Building a comma separated list?

Question

I\'m tryin to use SQL to build a comma separated list of cat_id\'s

the code is:

declare     @output varchar(max)
set         @output = null;
select @         


        

Answer 1

On Unix, the sqlminus command lets you merge SQL commands and other formatting:

% sqlminus "select ri || ',' ||name|| ',' || numports || ',' || ascii(OVRONSET) from sdfctigw.ivrgrp where GRP_BEP is not null;" | sort -h
1,COMO INTERNAL 2,700,90
7,LOADIVR,10,80
10,SPEECH_IVR_PROD,600,95