TSQL Pivot without aggregate function

ctrlShiftBryan picture ctrlShiftBryan · Aug 27, 2009 · Viewed 193.1k times · Source

I have a table like this...

CustomerID   DBColumnName   Data
--------------------------------------
1            FirstName      Joe
1            MiddleName     S
1            LastName       Smith
1            Date           12/12/2009
2            FirstName      Sam
2            MiddleName     S
2            LastName       Freddrick
2            Date           1/12/2009
3            FirstName      Jaime
3            MiddleName     S
3            LastName       Carol
3            Date           12/1/2009

And I want this...

Is this possible using PIVOT?

CustomerID  FirstName   MiddleName          LastName        Date
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1           Joe             S               Smith           12/12/2009
2           Sam             S               Freddrick       1/12/2009
3           Jaime           S               Carol           12/1/2009

Answer

Charles Bretana picture Charles Bretana · Aug 27, 2009

yes, but why !!??

   Select CustomerID,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When 'FirstName' Then Data End) FirstName,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When 'MiddleName' Then Data End) MiddleName,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When 'LastName' Then Data End) LastName,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When 'Date' Then Data End) Date
   From table
   Group By CustomerId