Is there another solution apart from using COLAESECE?

You can generate list of comma separated file as described here at: http://www.sqlyoga.com/2009/02/sql-server-get-comma-separated-list.html

Thanks,

Tejas
SQLYoga.com

you can use distinct before column name

for e.g. Table has two columns

Col A Col B
Test1 Val1
Test2 Val2
Test1 Val3

if i have select stuff on colA and stuff on colB the result is something like
Col A ColB
Test1,Test2, Val1,Val2,Val3
Test1

how would i remove duplicate from ColA and display only Test1,Test2

GO

– We can write a function for it

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetShifts] ()
RETURNS NVARCHAR(MAX)
WITH EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
BEGIN
declare @output varchar(max)
set @output = null;
select @output = COALESCE(@output + ‘, ‘, ”) + convert(varchar(max),[Name])
from [MyRnDDataBase].[dbo].[HumanResources.Shift]

RETURN @output

END

– Check Table Column
SELECT [Name]
FROM [MyRnDDataBase].[dbo].[HumanResources.Shift]

– AND Now we’ll just call that function
SELECT [dbo].GetShifts() AS CSV

It’ll give you the same result plus it provides code reusability as we just need to call the function wherever necessary. Isn’t it?