sql concatenate columns comma separated code example

Example 1: sql server: how to concatenate column data using comma

DECLARE @SQL AS VARCHAR(8000)
SELECT @SQL = ISNULL(@SQL+',','') + ColumnName FROM TableName
SELECT @SQL

Example 2: sql server: concatinate column value without trailing or leading comma

DECLARE @x TABLE(Id INT, City VARCHAR(32), Province VARCHAR(32), Country VARCHAR(32));

INSERT @x(Id, City, Province, Country) VALUES
(1,'Vancouver','British Columbia','Canada'),
(2,'New York' , null             , null   ),
(3, null      ,'Adama'           , null   ),
(4, null      , null             ,'France'),
(5,'Winnepeg' ,'Manitoba'        , null   ),
(6, null      ,'Quebec'          ,'Canada'),
(7,'Seattle'  , null             ,'USA'   );

SELECT Id, Location = STUFF(
      COALESCE(', ' + RTRIM(City),     '') 
    + COALESCE(', ' + RTRIM(Province), '') 
    + COALESCE(', ' + RTRIM(Country),  '')
    , 1, 2, '')
  FROM @x;

Example 3: sql server: how to concatenate column data using comma

declare @aa varchar (200)
set @aa = ''

select @aa = 
    case when @aa = ''
    then CarName
    else @aa + coalesce(',' + CarName, '')
    end
  from Cars

print @aa

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