[sql-server] Concatenating Column Values into a Comma-Separated List

What is the TSQL syntax to format my output so that the column values appear as a string, seperated by commas.

Example, my table CARS has the following:

CarID    CarName  
----------------
    1    Porsche  
    2    Mercedes  
    3    Ferrari  

How do I get the car names as : Porsche, Mercedes, Ferrari

 DECLARE @SQL AS VARCHAR(8000)
SELECT @SQL = ISNULL(@SQL+',','') + ColumnName FROM TableName
SELECT @SQL

DECLARE @CarList nvarchar(max);
SET @CarList = N'';
SELECT @CarList+=CarName+N','
FROM dbo.CARS;
SELECT LEFT(@CarList,LEN(@CarList)-1);

Thanks are due to whoever on SO showed me the use of accumulating data during a query.

SELECT LEFT(Car, LEN(Car) - 1)
FROM (
    SELECT Car + ', '
    FROM Cars
    FOR XML PATH ('')
  ) c (Car)

If you are running on SQL Server 2017 or Azure SQL Database you do something like this :

 SELECT STRING_AGG(CarName,',') as CarNames
 FROM CARS 

Another solution within a query :

select 
    Id, 
    STUFF(
        (select (', "' + od.ProductName + '"')
        from OrderDetails od (nolock)
        where od.Order_Id = o.Id
        order by od.ProductName
        FOR XML PATH('')), 1, 2, ''
    ) ProductNames
from Orders o (nolock)
where o.Customer_Id = 525188
order by o.Id desc

(EDIT: thanks @user007 for the STUFF declaration)

Please try this with the following code:

DECLARE @listStr VARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT @listStr = COALESCE(@listStr+',' , '') + CarName
FROM Cars
SELECT @listStr

You can do this using stuff:

SELECT Stuff(
    (
    SELECT ', ' + CARS.CarName
    FROM CARS
    FOR XML PATH('')
    ), 1, 2, '') AS CarNames