How to return multiple values in one column (T-SQL)?

Solution 1:

You can use a function with COALESCE.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetAliasesById]
(
    @userID int
)
RETURNS varchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
    declare @output varchar(max)
    select @output = COALESCE(@output + ', ', '') + alias
    from UserAliases
    where userid = @userID

    return @output
END

GO

SELECT UserID, dbo.GetAliasesByID(UserID)
FROM UserAliases
GROUP BY UserID

GO

Solution 2:

Well... I see that an answer was already accepted... but I think you should see another solutions anyway:

/* EXAMPLE */
DECLARE @UserAliases TABLE(UserId INT , Alias VARCHAR(10))
INSERT INTO @UserAliases (UserId,Alias) SELECT 1,'MrX'
     UNION ALL SELECT 1,'MrY' UNION ALL SELECT 1,'MrA'
     UNION ALL SELECT 2,'Abc' UNION ALL SELECT 2,'Xyz'

/* QUERY */
;WITH tmp AS ( SELECT DISTINCT UserId FROM @UserAliases )
SELECT 
    LEFT(tmp.UserId, 10) +
    '/ ' +
    STUFF(
            (   SELECT ', '+Alias 
                FROM @UserAliases 
                WHERE UserId = tmp.UserId 
                FOR XML PATH('') 
            ) 
            , 1, 2, ''
        ) AS [UserId/Alias]
FROM tmp

/* -- OUTPUT
  UserId/Alias
  1/ MrX, MrY, MrA
  2/ Abc, Xyz    
*/

Solution 3:

DECLARE @Str varchar(500)

SELECT @Str=COALESCE(@Str,'') + CAST(ID as varchar(10)) + ','
FROM dbo.fcUser

SELECT @Str