The select statement below is an easy way of creating a comma separated list within a larger select query without the need for a cursor, user defined function or even a paramenter. It exploits the 'for xml' statement. By not defining any xml elements the column you select gets concatenated into a single line.
In my scenario I have keywords that can be members of multiple adgroups. Since my revenue figures are aggregated by keyword and not broken down by adgroup I need to display all adgroups in the same row as the keyword or I will get duplicate revenue figures.
I owe a lot to the colleague who showed this to me. It's saved me tremendous amounts of time and trouble over the past few years. I hope you find this as helpful as I did.
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