Concatenating records in a single column without looping?

Question

I have a table with 1 column of varchar values. I am looking for a way to concatenate those values into a single value without a loop, if possible. If a loop is the most e

Answer 1

Probably dated now but check out Adam Machanic's post on the topic.

And this one is certainly dated; I wrote it in 2004.

Why do I prefer a function over "keeping it inside a SQL query"? Because you'll probably have to do this more than once. Why not encapsulate that code into a single module instead of repeating it all over the place?