there is a table having two columns no and name
and the data is
1 A
2 B
3 C

write a query that will result a horizontal output
A,B,C

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / utsav

declare @tst varchar(max)
set @tst=''
select @tst=@tst+col+',' from table
select @tst

there is a twist, if col contains any null value then this
query will return null. use isnull(col,'') in that case

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / kumar.t

1. First To create the following table.

Create table NewNew(sno int identity(1,1) primary key,
names varchar(100))

2. To INsert the record one by one

Insert Into NewNew Values ('A')
Insert Into NewNew Values ('B')
Insert Into NewNew Values ('C')
Insert Into NewNew Values ('D')
Insert Into NewNew Values ('F')

3. To view the records first

Select * From NEwNew

4. To create the following procedure

Create Proc New1
As
Begin
Declare @names varchar(100)
Declare @sQuery Varchar(7000)
Declare @sQuery1 Varchar(1000)
Declare @ans varchar(8000)
Declare @i int
Declare cur cursor for select names from newnew
Open cur
Set @i = 1
Set @sQuery1 = ''
Set @sQuery = ''
fetch next from cur into @names
While @@fetch_status=0
Begin
Set @sQuery1 = '(Select Top 1 names
from newnew where names in (select top '+ convert(varchar
(3),@i) +' names From newnew order by 1 Asc) order by 1
Desc) As names,'
Set @sQuery = @squery + @squery1
Set @i = @i + 1
Fetch next from cur into @names
End
Set @ans = Convert(varchar(6),'Select ') +
Left(@sQuery,Len(@sQuery)-1)
Exec (@ans)
Close cur
deallocate cur
End

5. To execute the procedure
now to view the output Ok

Exec New1


By
Kumar.T

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / miller

try using Pivot. for details follow the link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177410.aspx link

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / rajesh.a

declare @res varchar(max)

set @res=''

select @res=@res+name+',' from table

select @res=substring(@res,1,len-1)

print @res

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / piyush sachan

DECLARE @List VARCHAR(8000)
SELECT @List = ISNULL(@List + ',', '') +names
FROM NewNew

SELECT @List

Orrrrrr

DECLARE @List VARCHAR(8000)
SELECT @List = COALESCE(@List + ',', '') +names
FROM NewNew

SELECT @List

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / senthil kumar murugan

;WITH ABC (no, name) AS
(
SELECT 1, CAST('' AS VARCHAR(8000))
UNION ALL
SELECT B.no + 1, B.name + A.name + ', '
FROM (
SELECT Row_Number() OVER (ORDER BY no) AS no, name FROM
emp1) A
INNER JOIN ABC B ON A.no = B.no
)
SELECT TOP 1 name FROM ABC ORDER BY no DESC

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / kumar.t

Hello Mr.B

In my table contain 100 record is there. at present what
you are doing?

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / b

Select case when 1 then 'A'
when 2 then 'B'
when 3 then 'C' end as Name from tablename

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there is a table having two columns no and name and the data is 1 A 2 B 3 C write a query t..

Answer / narendra biyani

select list(name) from table_name

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