In some situation, we need to show separator for firstname and middlename. This can be comma if there some values.
Lets take sample of employees data as below
Now the output will come as comma separated if there values present in firstname or lastname
Lets take sample of employees data as below
With EmployeeCTE AS (
SELECT * FROM (VALUES (1, 'Balaji', NULL),
(2, 'Siva', NULL),
(3,'Balaji', 'Prasad'),
(4,NULL,'Raj'),
(5,NULL,NULL),
(6,'Karthi','m')) as E(Sno,FirstName,MiddleName) )
Now query this to get comma separate names out of this
SELECT
p.sno,p.firstname,p.middlename,
IsNull(p.FirstName, '')
+ CASE
WHEN p.MiddleName = ''
THEN ''
WHEN (IsNull(p.FirstName, '') <> '' and IsNull(p.MiddleName, '') <> '')
THEN IsNull(', ' + p.MiddleName, '')
ELSE IsNull(p.MiddleName, '') END As Name
FROM EmployeeCTE AS p
Now the output will come as comma separated if there values present in firstname or lastname
sno
|
firstname
|
middlename
|
Name
|
1
|
Balaji
|
NULL
|
Balaji
|
2
|
Siva
|
NULL
|
Siva
|
3
|
Balaji
|
Prasad
|
Balaji, Prasad
|
4
|
NULL
|
Raj
|
Raj
|
5
|
NULL
|
NULL
|
|
6
|
Karthi
|
m
|
Karthi, m
|