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reading2009
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Posted - 12/29/2009 :  14:22:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,

I am looking for copy data from one column from one table(1st) to another column in the 2nd table.

But I want the out in the 2nd table in a particular way.

ColumnA in 1st table
abc
def
ghi
dgy

Desired output in 2nd table
ColumnB
abc,def,ghi,dgy

I tried
INSERT INTO TestTable (FirstName, LastName)
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Person.Contact

but i get the output same as 1st table.

Any help here....

vijayisonly
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USA
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Posted - 12/29/2009 :  14:29:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Can you provide some more information..table structures??

So you have a single column (probably FullName) in table 2 and you want to insert the value "FirstName,LastName" from table 1 into this new column in table2?
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reading2009
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Posted - 12/29/2009 :  14:42:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, you are right. I want different rows in coulmn a in 1st table to appear in 1 row, comma seperated values in column b of second table.
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vijayisonly
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USA
1836 Posts
Posted - 12/29/2009 :  15:06:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Have a look at this topic to see how to concatenate without a UDF.

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=81254
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reading2009
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Posted - 12/30/2009 :  09:42:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you. I will go through your material today and give it a try.
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vijayisonly
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge

USA
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Posted - 12/30/2009 :  10:01:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You're welcome. Post back if you face any difficulties (along with sample data this time ).
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