>Hi
>
>I've got a table individual and a table attribute in SQL2008
>
>A line in individual can have several entries in attribute linked on indvividual_ref.
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>I want to produce a result with indvidual_ref,attribute_string
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>where attribute string is a delimited string of all the attribute codes for that individual
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>Any tips on how I'd get that.
>
>Thanks
>
>Nick

select I.*, stuff((select ', ' + attribute from dbo.Attribute A where A.Individual_ID = I.Individual_ID
order by Attribute FOR XML PATH(''), type).value('.', 'varchar(max)'),1,2,'')  as Attribute_String
from dbo.Individual I ORDER BY I.LastName

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