Return multiple values in one column within a main query

Question

I am trying to find Relative information from a table and return those results (along with other unrelated results) in one row as part of a larger query.

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Answer 1

I think you need something like this (SQL Server):

  SELECT stuff((select ',' +Relation 
  FROM tblNextOfKin a
  WHERE ID ='xxx' AND Address ='yyy'  
  ORDER BY Relation
  FOR XML path('')),1,1,'') AS res;

Answer 2

Mysql has GROUP_CONCAT

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(Relation ORDER BY Relation SEPARATOR ', ') AS item  
FROM tblNextOfKin  
WHERE ID ='xxx' AND Address ='yyy' 

You can do it for the whole table with

SELECT ID, Address, GROUP_CONCAT(Relation ORDER BY Relation SEPARATOR ', ') AS item  
FROM tblNextOfKin  
GROUP BY ID, Address 

(assuming ID is not unique)

note: this is usually bad practice as an intermediate step, this is acceptable only as final formatting for presentation (otherwise you will end up ungrouping it which will be pain)