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how to Combine Multiple Record Values into One Column

Fadi alfadi

Fadi alfadi

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I have 5 tables ( movies – categories - movie-catecories -  directors-Movie_Directors)

 

movies

movie_Id         int       

title      varchar            (50)     

image               varchar(100)               

 

categories

cat_Id              int       

cat_name         varchar(50)

 

movie-catecories

MovieCatrgory_ID       int       

cat_Id                          int       

movie_Id                     int       

           

 

directors

director_Id       int

Name   varchar(50)     

 

Movie_Directors

 

MovieDirectors_ID      int       

movie_Id                     int       

director_Id                   int       

DirectorName              varchar(50)     

                                   

 

 

movies

 

movie_Id

title

image

1

Hyde Park on Hudson

movies/1.jpg

2

Playing for Keeps

movies/2.jpg

3

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

movies/3.jpg

4

Heleno

movies/4.jpg

8

Deadfall

movies/6.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

categories

 

Cat_Id

Cat-name

1

Drama

2

Romance

3

Comedy

4

Romance

5

Crime

 

movie-catecories

 

MovieCatrgory_ID

Cat_Id

movie_Id

1

1

1

2

1

2

3

2

3

4

2

4

5

3

8

 

 

Directors

 

Director_ID

Name

1

Roger Michell

2

Gabriele Muccino

3

Donald Rice

4

José Henrique Fonseca

5

Sung-Hee Jo

 

 

 

Movie_Directors

MovieDirectors_ID

movie_Id

director_Id

DirectorName

1

1

1

Roger Michell

2

1

2

Gabriele Muccino

4

1

3

Donald Rice

5

2

4

José Henrique Fonseca

6

2

5

Sung-Hee Jo

 

 

 

Sql:

SELECT DISTINCT movies.movie_Id, movies.title, movies.image, Movie_Directors.DirectorName, Movie_Directors.director_Id

FROM            movies INNER JOIN

                         Movie_Directors ON movies.movie_Id = Movie_Directors.movie_Id CROSS JOIN

                         directors

WHERE        (movies.title LIKE '%' + @title + '%')

 

Result

 

Movie_ID

tittle

image

DirectorName

director_Id

1

Hyde Park on Hudson

movies/1.jpg

Roger Michell

1

1

Hyde Park on Hudson

movies/1.jpg

Gabriele Muccino

2

1

Hyde Park on Hudson

movies/1.jpg

Donald Rice

3

 

 

I want to combine the DirectorName  in one record like this

 

Movie_ID

tittle

image

DirectorName

director_Id

1

Hyde Park on Hudson

movies/1.jpg

Roger Michell, Gabriele Muccino, Donald Rice

1-2-3

 

 

I have problem  in this code to combine the DirectorName  in one record

Please help me

SELECT DISTINCT movies.movie_Id, movies.title, movies.image,

substring(

                (select '; ' +Movie_Directors . DirectorName

                from Movie_Directors

                                inner join movies

                                on Movie_Directors.movie_Id = movies.movie_Id

               

                for xml path(")), 3, 1000) as CombineDirectorName

FROM            movies INNER JOIN

                         Movie_Directors ON movies.movie_Id = Movie_Directors.movie_Id CROSS JOIN

                         directors

WHERE        (movies.title LIKE '%' + @title + '%')

 

 

 

and display the result in  Repeater

 

 

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" >

    <HeaderTemplate> </HeaderTemplate>

    <ItemTemplate>

    <div style="width:100%;">

  

    <div class="excerpt">

     <a href="movie_details.aspx?id=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "movie_Id")%>" class="thumb" title="An image"><img src="<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "image")%>" alt="Post" style="opacity: 1; float:left; width:80px ; height:100px; border:3px solid #fff ; margin:5px;"></a>

                     <a href="movie_details.aspx?id=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "movie_Id")%>" class="header"><h6><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "title")%>

</h6></a>

                     <div style="padding:5px;"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, " Movie_Directors . DirectorName ")%></div>

           

       </div>

    </div><br />

   

  

    <hr />

    </ItemTemplate>

    </asp:Repeater>

 

 

 

C#

 

protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

       

           

            string cat_id = DropDownList1.SelectedValue;

            string keyword = TextBox1.Text;

            int? cid = int.Parse(cat_id);

           

            Repeater1.DataSource = dc.StoredProcedure1(TextBox1.Text, TextBox1.Text, cid);

            Repeater1.DataBind();

       

    }

 

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