Oracle returning multiple rows in one line

SELECT   field1,field2,
         LTRIM(EXTRACT(XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT("V", ',' || field3)),
                       '/V/text()'
                      ),
               ','
              ) AS STRING
    FROM yourtable
GROUP BY field1,field2;


or go to asktom.oracle.com  and search for STRAGG

if field3 comes from a different table then...

SELECT   a.field1, a.field2,
         LTRIM(EXTRACT(XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT("V", ',' || x.field3)),
                       '/V/text()'
                      ),
               ','
              ) AS STRING
    FROM yourtable a, yourothertable x
    WHERE a. item = x.item
GROUP BY a.field1, a.field2;

I do highly recommend getting stragg and installing it.
Makes these types of queries ever so much easier.  It's also very efficient.

There is also a hierarchical way to do it too...

SELECT    field1,field2 MAX(SUBSTR(SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(table_name, ',')  field3
      FROM (SELECT a.field1, a.field2, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY x.field3) curr,
                   ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY x.field3) - 1 prev
              FROM FROM yourtable a, yourothertable x
                 WHERE a. item = x.item
             )
START WITH curr = 1
CONNECT BY PRIOR curr = prev

oops, accidentally deleted a few characters...

SELECT    field1,field2 MAX(SUBSTR(SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(table_name, ','),2))  field3
      FROM (SELECT a.field1, a.field2, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY x.field3) curr,
                   ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY x.field3) - 1 prev
              FROM FROM yourtable a, yourothertable x
                 WHERE a. item = x.item
             )
START WITH curr = 1
CONNECT BY PRIOR curr = prev

I've seen comments about Stragg before.  I'm trying to find the exact function for it.  When I do find it, I execute it so that it's on the database then I can just reference it like it's any other function in a SQL statement?

http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:2196162600402

It's in pieces.  You have to create an object type and body first, then create the function to use the type.

Where this all stems from is a co-worker of mine, used .net 3.5 and Sql Server to create the output.  I noticed that it used the following query to output the data.  So I am trying to find the "Oracle" way of doing it.  Is Stragg the only way?

select distinct c.TeamID,
      e.equipmentid,
      e.name24[Name],
      e.Equipment,
      '|' +
            (
                  select distinct rtrim(ltrim(cast(f2.FunctionID as nvarchar(20)))) + '|'
                  from equipment e2 inner join param p2 on e2.equpimentid = p2.equipmentid
                  inner join [function] f2 on p2.functionid = f2.functionid
                  where e2.equipment = e.equipment
                  for xml path('')) as [FunctionID]
                        ,(select distinct  rtrim(ltrim([code])) + ', '
                  from equipment e1
                        inner join param p1 on e1.equipmentid = p1.equipmentid
                        inner join [function] f1 on p1.functionid = f1.functionid
                  where e1.equipment = e.equipment
                  for xml path('')
            ) as [FC]
from Equipment e left join Points p on e.equipmentid = p.equipmentid
      left join TeamAssoc t on e.equpimentid = t.equipmentid
      left join Team c on t.Players = c.Players
group by c.Teamid, e.Equpmentid, e.name24, e.Equipment

no, stragg isn't the only way,  I posted 2 other methods above.

stragg makes it easier though...

your query would simply be....

SELECT   a.field1, a.field2, stragg(x.field3)
 FROM yourtable a, yourothertable x
    WHERE a. item = x.item
GROUP BY a.field1, a.field2;

Gotcha, I'm just trying to parse thru all the comments on STRAGG and figure out what I need to pull out and how to implement it.

Thanks for the code, got it to work (kind of), now to remove dupilicates and also to sort that string result.

SELECT   DISTINCT
         field1,
         field2,
         stragg(field3)
             OVER (PARTITION BY field1, field2
                   ORDER BY field3
                   ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING)
  FROM   (SELECT   DISTINCT a.field1, a.field2, x.field3
            FROM   yourtable a, yourothertable x
           WHERE   a.item = x.item)

Okay that works, one last thing (that I know of):
How can I alias that column.  Right now it appears as
field1 field2 stragg(field3) OVER (PARTITION BY field1, field2  ORDER BY field3 ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING)

just put the alias after the expression....

SELECT   DISTINCT
         field1,
         field2,
         stragg(field3)
             OVER (PARTITION BY field1, field2
                   ORDER BY field3
                   ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING) your_alias
  FROM   (SELECT   DISTINCT a.field1, a.field2, x.field3
            FROM   yourtable a, yourothertable x
           WHERE   a.item = x.item)

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Sometimes I feel stupid..... I put my orignal alias in the wrong place.  Thaks for all of your help.

It wasn't your fault on east to understand as much as it was Oracle's way of doing things "differently".

don't worry about,  we all make mistakes, and if that's as bad as it gets, you're way ahead of the rest of us!

:)

I see this was your first question,  welcome to Experts-Exchange!

Thanks for the help before, I was wondering if you can answer one more question about STRAGG.  Will it work if it's on just one table?

Example

Select x, y, stragg(z)
From my_table

Or do I need to do something special for it.  I am getting an ORA-00937: not a single-group group function when I attempt this.

stragg is just like any other aggregate function, you need to have group by.
or you may use it as an analytic too

thing about it like SUM for strings.

Select x, y, stragg(z)
From my_table
group by x,y