SELECT multiple rows from single column into single row

Question

I want to write an SQL Server query that will retrieve data from the following example tables:

Table: Person
ID      Name
--      ----
1       Bill
2       B         


        

Answer 1

What you are looking for is something like SQL Server's FOR XML PATH('') which combines results as a rowset

Select Person.Name, 
  (
     Select SkillName + ',' 
     From SkillLink 
     inner join skill on skill.id = skilllink.skillid
     Where SkillLink.PersonID = Person.ID FOR XML PATH('')
  )
as Skills
FROM Person