Query, distinct and text concat

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Query, distinct and text concat

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foutuguy
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Posted - 2008-01-30 : 05:56:26

[code]Hi,

I have the following table called "tests" :
id WeekNbr name test hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2007/26 John "testA" 5
2 2007/26 John "testB" 6
3 2007/26 David "testA" 3
4 2007/28 David "testC" 2
5 2007/30 Victor "testD" 1

I want to write a query so that I have as a result one row per person and per week, as followed

WeekNbr name test hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007/26 John "testA, testB" 11
2007/26 David "testA" 3
2007/28 David "testC" 2
2007/30 Victor "testD" 1

This means that I need to concatenate the values of the test column if in the same week and same person.
For now, I have only managed to do the job without the test concatenation the following way:

SELECT DISTINCT WeekNbr, name, SUM(hours) as [Total of hours]
FROM tests
GROUP BY WeekNbr, name

and I get the following:
WeekNbr name hours
-------------------------------------------------------
2007/26 John 11
2007/26 David 3
2007/28 David 2
2007/30 Victor 1

Anyone could help me please?

Thanks so much in advance

Pierrot[/code]

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-30 : 06:59:09

http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/amachanic/archive/2004/11/10/5065.aspx?Pending=true

Madhivanan

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