Merge two tables / concatenate values into single column

Question

I have two tables: table A holds master product data, and table B holds children product data. I would like to update table A to hold the same value of the identical column

Answer 1

See the answers to this question:

how-to-return-multiple-values-in-one-column

Answer 2

I think this will do it:

SELECT parent_id AS ID, 
  STUFF((
    SELECT ','+color FROM TableB a WHERE a.parent_id = b.parent_id FOR XML PATH('')
  ),1,1,'') AS color,
  STUFF((
    SELECT ','+Location FROM TableB a WHERE a.parent_id = b.parent_id FOR XML PATH('')
  ),1,1,'') AS Location,
FROM TableB b
GROUP BY parent_id

Answer 3

Check this...

IF OBJECT_ID('TableA') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE TableA
IF OBJECT_ID('TableB') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE TableB
CREATE TABLE TableA (ID  INT,  Color  VARCHAR(max), Location VARCHAR(max), Class VARCHAR(max))
CREATE TABLE TableB (child_ID  INT,  parent_ID INT,  Color  VARCHAR(10), Location VARCHAR(10), Class VARCHAR(10))
INSERT INTO TableB 
      SELECT 1,1,'white','house'  ,'I' UNION SELECT 2,2,'red'  ,'garage' ,'II'
UNION SELECT 3,2,'white','garage' ,'I' UNION SELECT 4,3,'blue' ,'house'  ,'IV'
UNION SELECT 5,3,'blue' ,'garage' ,'I' UNION SELECT 6,3,'white','garage' ,'I'
UNION SELECT 7,3,'gray' ,'garage' ,'I' UNION SELECT 8,2,'gray' ,'house'  ,'IV'

SELECT * FROM TableB

DECLARE @cmd VARCHAR(max);
SET @cmd = 'INSERT INTO TableA SELECT ID = b.parent_id '
SELECT @cmd = @cmd + ' , ['+COLUMN_NAME+'] = STUFF(
            (   SELECT '', '' +'+COLUMN_NAME+' 
                FROM TableB 
                WHERE parent_id = b.parent_id
                GROUP BY '+COLUMN_NAME+' 
                FOR XML PATH('''') 
            ) , 1, 2, '''' )'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
WHERE TABLE_NAME='TableB' AND COLUMN_NAME NOT IN ('child_ID', 'parent_id')

SELECT @cmd = @cmd + ' FROM TableB AS b GROUP BY b.parent_id'

EXEC(@cmd)
SELECT * FROM TableA

/* -- OUTPUT
  ID | Color             | Location      | Class
  ---------------------------------------------------
  1  | white             | house         | I
  2  | gray, red, white  | garage, house | I, II, IV
  3  | blue, gray, white | garage, house | I, IV
*/