SQL PIVOT SELECT FROM LIST (IN SELECT)

live-love picture live-love · May 19, 2011 · Viewed 31.9k times · Source

Is it possible to do a PIVOT and select list from a table, instead of using single values?

Like this (incorrect syntax error):

SELECT *
FROM (
    SELECT RepID, MilestoneID, ResultID FROM RM
) AS src
PIVOT (
    MAX(ResultID) FOR MilestoneID IN  (SELECT id FROM m) 
) AS pvt

This one compiles, but doesn't work for me:

SELECT *
FROM (
    SELECT RepID, MilestoneID, ResultID FROM RM
) AS src
PIVOT (
    MAX(ResultID) FOR MilestoneID IN  ([1], [2], [3], [4]) 
) AS pvt

PS: I do NOT want to use dynamic SQL, is there a way to do this without using dynamic SQL?

Answer

Yuck picture Yuck · May 19, 2011

If dynamic SQL is out then I'm afraid the answer is no, it can't be done. The parser needs to know the values up front to perform the pivot to columns.