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Using COALESCE to concatenate strings -- what about sequence?

Asked by DanielWilson in SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server, SQL Server 2008

I just saw COALESCE used to concatenate strings.

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I have a situation where there's a sequence applied, thus:

OrderID nvarchar(10)
Seq tinyInt
commentText nvarchar(25)

With sample data like:
OrderID Seq commentText
Or1234 1 Ship it as soon as possible
OR1234 2 because we need it yesterday
OR987 1 Ship Complete.
OR987 2 No backorders.
OR987 3 Use UPS Next Day.

So the question: Can a COALESCE solution like AngelIII's (below) from the other question be made to respect the Sequence?

Thanks!

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             CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetData(@id int) 
RETURNS VARCHAR(1000)
AS
BEGIN
  DECLARE @res VARCHAR(1000)
 
  SELECT @res = COALESCE(@res + ', ' , '') + fibretype + ' ' + cast(FibrePercent as varchar(10)) + '%' as PercentDisplay
    FROM yourtable
  WHERE id = @id
 
  RETURN @res 
END

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Using COALESCE to concatenate strings -- what about sequence?

Asked by DanielWilson in SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server, SQL Server 2008

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