I have two tables (A and B) in a one-to-many relationship. When
retrieving data from one table (A), I need to denormalize the tables
during a select so that values of a column in the many table (B)
appear as a list in one field of the output. E.g.:
create table one_table ( name varchar(20), age integer, -- constraint one_table_pk primary key
(name)
);
create table many_table ( name varchar(20), property varchar(15), -- constraint many_table_pk primary
key(name, property), constraint many_table_fk foreign key (name) references one_table (name)
);
So one_table could contain: name age ---- --- Mickey Mouse 50 Donald Duck 60
Goofy 45
and many_table could contain: name property ---- -------- Mickey Mouse Small Mickey
Mouse Black Mickey Mouse Squeaks Donald Duck Quacks
The query I'm trying to write would have as output something like:
name age properties ---- --- ---------- Mickey Mouse 50 Small, Black, Squeaks
DonaldDuck 60 Quacks Goofy 45 <null>
Could somebody please help point me in the right direction? I imagine
this is a common need...
Thanks,
...Edmund.