TSQL Comma Separation

Question

I\'m writing an export function, where I need to export contacts to Excel, and I\'ve run into a technical snag - or perhaps a gap in my SQL skills is closer to the truth. ;)

Answer 1

You can write a function which outputs the roles as comma separated string when you pass it contact id. Then call this function in your select statement :)

For example if you want to fetch products that are ordered by a customer in a particular order you can use this code:

    create function FetchProducts(@orderid int) returns varchar(1000)
    as
    begin
    declare prods cursor for select ProductName from products where 
            productid in (select ProductId from [Order Details] 
              Where OrderId = @orderid)

    open prods

    declare @products  varchar(1000)
    declare @cp varchar(500)
    Select @products = ''
    fetch prods into @cp

    while @@fetch_status = 0
    begin
        SET @products = @products + ',' + @cp
        fetch prods into @cp
    end

    close prods
    deallocate prods

    return substring(@products, 2, len(@products)-1)
    end

now you can use the function as follows:

    select orderid, orderdate, dbo.FetchProducts(orderid) 
from orders where customerid = 'BERGS'