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In sql server i have two tables. One table for questions and another table for options. Both tables are having questionId. Based on questionid get the options for the particular question. If i use join query i dont get the expected result. I want result like the first row contains question with first option, the remaining rows are only optioons. Then next question, how can i achieve this? I need to call this through api then return to MVC views.

What I have tried:

I write the query and changed it. But i am not get the expected result.

Posted 12-Oct-16 21:22pm

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Updated 12-Oct-16 21:37pm

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2016-10-12T21:37:00

If I understand your question correctly, you would like an output like:

Question 1   Option 1
             Option 2
             Option 3
Question 2   Option 1
             Option 2
             Option 3
             Option 4
...

If this is the case, then I believe that you're doing formatting in the wrong layer. SQL is not designed to format data, only to fetch and manipulate it. So if you want to do formatting you should use client side tools which are designed for this or for example reporting services in SQL Server.

Having that said, if you really want to eliminate the repeating value, you can achieve this using LAG/LEAD. Have a look at How to fetch data from the previous or next rows in the resultset[^]

ADDED:

Taken that I understood the requirement correctly, have a look at How to format repeating values in SQL result set[^]