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In SQL Server SQL, is it possible to concatenate varchar values from multiple records into a single record

Asked by feti in Microsoft Access Database, MS SQL Server, SQL Query Syntax

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In SQL Server TSQL is it possible to combine data from a fields from multiple records into a single record. In other words is there any way that you can simulate the Sum() function but with varchar() values? I am trying to pull the department names from a department table and return only a single record with a concatenated list of the department names for a particular product. What I get is six department names in six different records but would like to have the data returned as a single record. EX.

SELECT deptName from products WHERE productID = '123456'

getting:

[deptName]
shoes
pants
shirts

would like:
[deptNames]
shoes,pants,shirts


   I have searched for days and I am inclined to believe that this is not possible. I have considered writing a user defined function or a stored procedure to walk through the rows and concatenating the fields together and then return the results. I though I would look here before doing that though.

Thanks, FETI

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