mysql> SELECT * FROM blah;
+----+-----+-----------+
| K | grp | name |
+----+-----+-----------+
| 1 | 1 | foo |
| 2 | 1 | bar |
| 3 | 2 | hydrogen |
| 4 | 4 | dasher |
| 5 | 2 | helium |
| 6 | 2 | lithium |
| 7 | 4 | dancer |
| 8 | 3 | winken |
| 9 | 4 | prancer |
| 10 | 2 | beryllium |
| 11 | 1 | baz |
| 12 | 3 | blinken |
| 13 | 4 | vixen |
| 14 | 1 | quux |
| 15 | 4 | comet |
| 16 | 2 | boron |
| 17 | 4 | cupid |
| 18 | 4 | donner |
| 19 | 4 | blitzen |
| 20 | 3 | nod |
| 21 | 4 | rudolph |
+----+-----+-----------+
21 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT grp, GROUP_CONCAT(name ORDER BY K) FROM blah GROUP BY grp;
+-----+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| grp | GROUP_CONCAT(name ORDER BY K) |
+-----+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | foo,bar,baz,quux |
| 2 | hydrogen,helium,lithium,beryllium,boron |
| 3 | winken,blinken,nod |
| 4 | dasher,dancer,prancer,vixen,comet,cupid,donner,blitzen,rudolph |
+-----+----------------------------------------------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/397708/is-it-possible-to-concatenate-strings-from-multiple-rows-and-tables-into-one-res
