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    <p>Keep the database normalized.</p> <p>People:</p> <pre><code>(Id, Firstname, Lastname) </code></pre> <p>LastnameHistory: </p> <pre><code>(PeopleId, OldLastname, NewLastname, DateChanged) </code></pre> <p>You can the create a view which would be a "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/451415/1114171"><code>GROUP_CONCAT</code></a>" type of query to transform the data as required.</p> <p>An example:</p> <pre><code>DECLARE @people TABLE ( id INT IDENTITY(1,1), fname VARCHAR(50), lname VARCHAR(50)) DECLARE @lnameHistory TABLE ( id INT IDENTITY(1,1), people_id INT, lname VARCHAR(50), date_changed DATETIME) INSERT INTO @people (fname, lname) VALUES ('john', 'smith'), ('jane', 'doe') INSERT INTO @lnameHistory (people_id, lname, date_changed) VALUES (2, 'shakespeare', '2012-01-01'), (2, 'einstein', '2013-12-12') ;WITH group_concat AS ( SELECT people_id, LEFT(lnames , LEN(lnames )-1) AS lnames FROM @lnameHistory AS o CROSS APPLY ( SELECT lname + ', ' FROM @lnameHistory AS i WHERE o.people_id = i.people_id ORDER BY date_changed ASC FOR XML PATH('') ) pre_trimmed (lnames) GROUP BY people_id, lnames ) SELECT p.*, gc.lnames FROM @people p JOIN group_concat gc ON gc.people_id = p.id </code></pre> <p>Some reference for syntax:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1958/sql-server-cross-apply-and-outer-apply/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SQL Server CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb522446.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XML Data (SQL Server)</a></li> </ul>
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    1. COI read the web page you provided and it has a lot of good information but I'm unfamiliar with syntax in GROUP_CONCAT.
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    2. COMaybe this is too much to ask. Can you kindly demonstrate the creation of a View using GROUP_CONCAT?
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    3. COYou're awesome!
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