Oracle: New String Aggregation Techniques

The LISTAGG analytic function was introduced in Oracle 11g Release 2

SELECT deptno, LISTAGG(ename, ',') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY ename) AS employees
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno;

DEPTNO EMPLOYEES
---------- --------------------------------------------------
10 CLARK,KING,MILLER
20 ADAMS,FORD,JONES,SCOTT,SMITH
30 ALLEN,BLAKE,JAMES,MARTIN,TURNER,WARD



If you are not running 11g Release 2

SELECT deptno, wm_concat(ename) AS employees
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno;

DEPTNO EMPLOYEES
---------- --------------------------------------------------
10 CLARK,KING,MILLER
20 SMITH,FORD,ADAMS,SCOTT,JONES
30 ALLEN,BLAKE,MARTIN,TURNER,JAMES,WARD



Check it out here: http://www.oracle-base.com:80/articles/misc/StringAggregationTechniques.php