Listing 2: Using FOR XML PATH to List Indexes' Columns in a Concatenated String SELECT ',' + c.name AS [text()] FROM sys.index_columns ic JOIN sys.columns c ON ic.[object_id] = c.[object_id] AND ic.column_id = c.column_id WHERE ic.[object_id] = OBJECT_ID('SalesLT.Address') ORDER BY ic.key_ordinal FOR XML PATH('')