query aggregate

[hbeer444]

Is there an easy way to use a query to join strings from different records of the same field

ie with the following data

record field1 field2

r1 "dog" "big"
r2 "dog" "strong"
r3 "cat" "wimpy"

I want query results:

"dog" "big strong"
"cat" "wimpy"



hope the question is clear

I have done vis basic functions but am not very efficient at them

Thanks in advance

[jeffstl]

Is there an easy way to use a query to join strings from different records of the same field

ie with the following data

record field1 field2

r1 "dog" "big"
r2 "dog" "strong"
r3 "cat" "wimpy"

I want query results:

"dog" "big strong"
"cat" "wimpy"



hope the question is clear

I have done vis basic functions but am not very efficient at them

Thanks in advance

Select field2 from Table where field1 = 'dog' order by field2
 

You will probably have to do some concatonation with your results to get them in the form you want, but I believe that will be the query you are looking for.

Looping through the results of this and adding them on to a string will basically give you what you need.

To get the exact results from a single query though I think you will need to play around with the Select DISTINCT(field1) syntax.