I am trying to create a value that concatenates both hard coded strings and strings created using FOR XML PATH.
SUBSTRING(
(SELECT (\', \' + [value])
FROM
I think your original attempt is almost there. I do this type of thing all the time using the same FOR XML approach. The solution below solves your exact example and can be easily adapted for other purposes:
DECLARE @delimiter NVARCHAR(10)
SET @delimiter = ', '
declare @values TABLE (
[value] NVARCHAR(25)
)
declare @otherValues TABLE (
[otherValue] NVARCHAR(25)
)
INSERT INTO @values VALUES ('Value1')
INSERT INTO @values VALUES ('Value2')
INSERT INTO @values VALUES ('Value3')
INSERT INTO @otherValues VALUES ('OtherValue1')
INSERT INTO @otherValues VALUES ('OtherValue2')
INSERT INTO @otherValues VALUES ('OtherValue3')
SELECT
STUFF(
(
SELECT
@delimiter + CAST([value] AS NVARCHAR(500)) + '' AS [text()]
FROM
@values
FOR
XML PATH('')
),
1,
LEN(REVERSE(@delimiter)), -- Reverse the delimiter string in case it has trailing spaces; LEN() won't count those
''
) +
' text in between my values ' +
STUFF(
(
SELECT
@delimiter + CAST([otherValue] AS NVARCHAR(500)) + '' AS [text()]
FROM
@otherValues
FOR
XML PATH('')
),
1,
LEN(REVERSE(@delimiter)), -- Reverse the delimiter string in case it has trailing spaces; LEN() won't count those
''
)