How to select into table as string builder instead of using cursor in SQL - sql

Question

I am wondering if there is a faster way to handle the following code in SQL. Currently I am using SQL cursor to do a select and build a string of delimiter values, as a dynamic value of suggestion items?
Here is the snippet of SQL:
begin
set #cursor = cursor for
select top 5 Manufacturer,ManufacturerPartNumber,Description as ManufacturerDescription, CONVERT(money,Price) as Price,fms.Score
from Products_OurProducts_Products_View
open #cursor
fetch next from #cursor
into #CURSOR_Mfr,#CURSOR_Model,#CURSOR_Desc,#CURSOR_Price,#CURSOR_Score
while ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
set #suggestionsStringBuilder += #CURSOR_Mfr + ',' + #CURSOR_Model + ',' + #CURSOR_Desc + ',' + convert(varchar(20),#CURSOR_Price) + ',' + convert(varchar(4),#CURSOR_Score) + '^'
fetch next from #SuggestionsListCursor
into #CURSOR_Mfr,#CURSOR_Model,#CURSOR_Desc,#CURSOR_Price,#CURSOR_Score
end
insert into BASE (Manufacturer, ManufacturerOrig, ManufacturerPartNumber,ManufacturerPArtNumberOrig,ManufacturerDescription, QWDescription, Serial,AssetID,Price,Score,ItemType,MfrFound,ModelFound,trained, SuggestionList,LineNumberIn)
values(#objectORIGMfr,#objectORIGMfr, #objectORIGModel, #objectORIGModel, #objectDescription, #objectDescription, '',#objectAssetID,'0.00',#topMaxScore,'NA','1','0',#trained,#suggestionsStringBuilder,#objectLineNumber)
close #cursor
deallocate #cursor
end
The code above is trying to build a dynamic column of delimiter values such as shown below:
Object Example:
Mfr,
Model,
Price,
Score,
Description,
Suggestions = 'Mfr,Model,Desc,Price^Mfr,Model,Description,Price^
A return model would truly be as follows:
BaseMfr:Fluke,
BaseModel:Tb1,
BaseDescription:'Multi meter item',
BasePrice:120.00,
Suggestions: "Fluke, Tc1, 'Desc', '120.00' ^ 'Fluke', 'T11', 'Desc', 220.00"
Can I do the string builder / cursor section without having to use a looping cursor? The idea behind this is we send in items to be priced. If the item is not found, we then build a list of suggestions to bring back to the user of what they may use in the system or so they can see if there is a typo in the data.
The suggestion list is just the rows found, separating the columns by a "," and separating entities by a "^".
Thanks very much in advance!

Answer 1

Thanks you all for the feedback and I appreciate the help even though I know I had a rough time explaining the question correctly. Thanks to the suggestion from Sean Lange, I was able to be directed in the correct direction and came up with this. Now I will test the performance of it to see if it is better or not. Here is the code:
select
SUBSTRING(
(select top 5
Manufacturer + ',' + ManufacturerPartNumber + ',' + Description +',' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,Price) +',' + CONVERT(varchar,fms.Score) +'^' as [text()]
from Products_OurProducts_Products_View
CROSS APPLY (
select
dbo.FuzzyControlMatch('Flooke', Manufacturer) AS score
) AS fms
order by fms.score desc
FOR XML PATH ('')
), 2, 1000) [Suggestions]
The above code produces the following string:
ARD BROOKE,WB808 10UNF,TORQUE SCREWDRIVER,70.00,50^WARD BROOKE,WB808 1146,TORQUE SCREWDRIVER,70.00,50^WARD BROOKE,WB808 1246,TORQUE SCREWDRIVER,70.00,50^WARD BROOKE,WB808 6UNC,TORQUE SCREWDRIVER,70.00,50^ROKEM TECHNOLOGIES,FIRESET,RC STANDARD,105.00,50^
Now I am not sure if I am handling this the best way, but this is what I was searching for. I will post a comment update to let the feed know if the performance is better or worse.
-Thanks-