Using multi-value attributes in out-of-box query application

Hello.
I am using SES 10.1.8.4.0.
I have a Database data source and one of the attributes is multi-value, populated by an attributeQuery in the Query File (for example: SELECT attribute from Attributes a WHERE a.key = ##KEY##)
When searching I can use the queries "attribute:value1" and "attribute:value2", and my document is found by both queries. That is expected behaviour.
I need to show a concatenation of all the values for the attribute using the out-of-box query application, for example "Attribute: value1, value2". However, it seems that only "value1" is available in the <result> XML passed to the custom stylesheet. This is not expected behaviour, and it is a problem that I need to solve. What are my options?
Regards,
Brian Nielsen

This is a limitation in the SES client-side API - multi value fields can be stored and searched on, but not displayed. I thought I had logged a bug on this but can't find it - maybe someone else logged it.
The best (though not great) solution is to store the attributes twice - once in a proper multivalued field for searching, and again as a single comma separated list in a different attribute for retrieval.

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