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sql query question

I'm trying to get the right output for a query and I can't seem to do what I want to... wondering if I'm just missing something.

I have 2 tables, for simplicity sake we will say they're like this

Books that has columns of ISBN and Title
Authors that has columns of ISBN and Authors

Books has the following data:
ISBN Title
1234 Some Title

Authors has the following data:
ISBN Authors
1234 John Smith
1234 Bill Jones

So when I join these 2 tables I get 2 rows, because my book "Some Title" has 2 authors. What i want to retrieve is 1 row that lists both authors like this:
ISBN Title Authors
1234 Some Title John Smith, Bill Jones

Is there some way to do this w/ a simple query?

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with a simple query? no

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well then how about a not so simple query? a push in the right direction would be more than helpful.


would it be any easier in oracle? the tables originate in oracle but somewhere in the process get transfered to mssql.

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if you can write a stored procedure, use a cursor to walk the result set

http://sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=2368

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