How to pivot rows into columns (custom pivoting)

Question

I have a Sql Database table similar to the following:

Day   Period    Subject

Mon   1         Ch
Mon   2         Ph
Mon   3         Mth
Mon   4         CS
Mon   5         Lab1
Mon   6         Lab2
Mon   7         Lab3
Tue   1         Ph
Tue   2         Ele
Tue   3         Hu
Tue   4         Ph
Tue   5         En
Tue   6         CS2
Tue   7         Mth

I would like it displayed as follows: Kind of crosstab or Pivot

Day   P1   P2   P3   P4   P5   P6   P7

Mon   Ch   Ph   Mth  CS2  Lab1 Lab2 Lab3
Tue   Ph   Ele  Hu   Ph   En   CS2  Mth

What would be the ideal way to do it? Can someone please show me the Sql code please?

Answer 1

You could probably do it with the PIVOT function, but I prefer the old school method:

SELECT
    dy,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 1 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P1,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 2 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P2,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 3 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P3,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 4 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P4,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 5 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P5,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 6 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P6,
    MAX(CASE WHEN period = 7 THEN subj ELSE NULL END) AS P7
FROM
    Classes
GROUP BY
    dy
ORDER BY
    CASE dy
        WHEN 'Mon' THEN 1
        WHEN 'Tue' THEN 2
        WHEN 'Wed' THEN 3
        WHEN 'Thu' THEN 4
        WHEN 'Fri' THEN 5
        WHEN 'Sat' THEN 6
        WHEN 'Sun' THEN 7
        ELSE 8
    END

• I changed some column names to avoid reserved words