Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8PIiOS19441 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:44:24 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.212 Received: from www3.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-212.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.212]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8PIiLc19426 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:44:23 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by www3.fatcity.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h8PG5W816479 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:05:32 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005D10F1; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:04:53 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:04:53 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Mike Spalinger Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Mike Spalinger Subject: Re: SQL Query Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Imran, Tom Kyte has a thread that might help: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:1554835115460038644::NO::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID,F4950_P8_CRITERIA:229614022562, Essentially, you can do this: CREATE or replace FUNCTION CONCAT_LIST( cur SYS_REFCURSOR ) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS ret VARCHAR2(32000); tmp VARCHAR2(4000); BEGIN loop fetch cur into tmp; exit when cur%NOTFOUND; ret := ret || ' ' || tmp; end loop; RETURN ret; END; / SQL> select * from mike; ID TEXT ORDR ---------- ---------- ---------- 1 B 2 1 A 1 1 C 3 SELECT id, SUBSTR(CONCAT_LIST(CURSOR( SELECT text FROM (select id, text, ordr from mike order by ordr) ee WHERE e.id = ee.id)),1,40) list FROM ( select distinct id from mike) e; ID LIST ---------- -------------------- 1 A B C Mike Imran Ashraf wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following data , table Temp > > ID Text Order > 1 B 2 > 1 A 1 > 1 C 3 > > > I want to write a query which says: wherever there is more than 1 occurrence > of ID then concatenate the text in the order specified in the order column. > So i would get: > > ID Text > 1 A B C > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks > > Imran -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mike Spalinger INET: Michael.Spalinger@Sun.COM Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).