combining multiple rows in 1 row

how can i get a 1 row result set having multiple rows joined into 1 row
if i have 1 column having 5 rows i want to use a select statement that selects all rows joined into 1 row (results seperated by a comma for example)
thx
samhamWant to show us the query? What would make them join together?|||see Using COALESCE to Build Comma-Delimited String (http://sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=2368)

rudy
http://r937.com/|||He wants to combine multiple rows..

And you don't use COALESCE to build a comma delimited srting..

Is used so that any null value in the string does not blow away the results...

It's the ability to do SELECT @.x = @.X + col1

like...

DECLARE @.x varchar(8000)
SELECT @.x = ISNULL(@.x,'') + ISNULL(FirstName,'') FROM Employees
SELECT @.x

The coalesec trick allows you to eliminmate commas if the value in the column is Null

so you dont get 1,,2,3,4,,5|||He wants to combine multiple rows yes, he wants the values from multiple rows to be put into a comma-delimited string
And you don't use COALESCE to build a comma delimited srting damned straight on that one, i certainly don't, i would never do it that way -- in fact, i would probably just never do it
The coalesec trick allows you to eliminmate commas if the value in the column is Null yes, that's correct, that's what it does for the first row

rudy|||thx guys that's exactly what i wanted

i'll use the code from the article

DECLARE @.EmployeeList varchar(100)

SELECT @.EmployeeList = COALESCE(@.EmployeeList + ', ', '') +
CAST(Emp_UniqueID AS varchar(5))
FROM SalesCallsEmployees
WHERE SalCal_UniqueID = 1

SELECT @.EmployeeList
--Results--

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1, 2, 4