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Output formatting - display multiple records on one line

From: Luis <andyza_at_webmail.co.za>
Date: 28 Nov 2004 22:56:04 -0800
Message-ID: <69476b6f.0411282256.4702023d@posting.google.com>


I want to produce a list of people and the qualificatons they have obtained. The Oracle 9i database has this structure:

TblPerson { PersonId(PK), PersonName, PersonSurname, PersonTel } TblEducation { QualificationId(PK), PersonId(FK), QualificationName, DateObtained }

One person can have multiple qualifications. In this instance it doesn't matter that a particular qualification can be obtained by more than one person and I don't need to cater for that possibility.

I want to generate a spreadsheet of Persons and the qualifications they have obtained. I want it to be laid out as follows if the person only has one qualification:

PersonId | PersonName | PersonSurname | PersonTel | QualificationId | QualificationName | DateObtained

If the person has two qualifications it will look like this: PersonId | PersonName | PersonSurname| PersonTel | QualificationId | QualificationName | DateObtained | QualificationId | QualificationName
| DateObtained

And for three qualifications:
PersonId | PersonName | PersonSurname| PersonTel | QualificationId | QualificationName | DateObtained | QualificationId | QualificationName
| DateObtained | QualificationId | QualificationName | DateObtained

And so on for more qualifications. All the qualifications are listed next to each other on one line.

This query:
SELECT PER.PersonName, PER.PersonId, EDU.PersonId, PER.PersonTel, EDU.QualificationId, EDU.QualificationName, EDU.DateObtained FROM TblPerson PER, TblEducation EDU
WHERE ((PER.PersonId = EDU.PersonId(+))

Gives me this result:

Peter Smith,19612121,19612121,234-444,Degree888,BComm,1989/05/24 Peter Smith,19612121,19612121,234-444,Diploma555,Marketing,1995/06/23 Mary Jane,19881005,19881005,587-3548,Diploma246,Accounting,1998/10/10 Jon Brown,19500101,19500101,222-3333,Degree195,Phd,1990/01/01

Peter Smith has two qualifications while the others have one. Two lines are created for Peter Smith. I'm stuck at the part where I join the two Peter Smith records so that I get his two qualifications on one line, ie:

Peter Smith,19612121,19600505,234-444,Degree888,BComm,1989/05/24,Diploma555,Marketing,1995/06/23 Mary Jane,19881005,19881005,587-3548,Diploma246,Accounting,1998/10/10 Jon Brown,19500101,19500101,222-3333,Degree195,Phd,1990/01/01

How do I get the two Peter Smith qualifications to be displayed next to each other on the same line? Received on Mon Nov 29 2004 - 00:56:04 CST

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