How to use PIVOT in SQL

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I am Having a Result Set Like This

ItemCode Value1 Value2 Value3 Value4

Item1 1 2 3 4
Item2 5 6 7 8
Item3 9 10 11 12

I need to convert this table to following format

Item1 Item2 Item3
1 5 9
2 6 10
3 7 11
4 8 12

How to do this??

Posted 28-Oct-12 19:55pm

sruthyharidas

Updated 28-Oct-12 20:10pm

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damodara naidu betha 29-Oct-12 3:34am

hi. Is Values Columns count fixed?

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BK 4 code · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-29T00:49:00

SQL

select * from (select ItemCode,Value1  from tbl_test) AS SourceTable
PIVOT
(
    max(Value1)
FOR ItemCode IN ([Item1],[Item2],[Item3])
) AS PivotTable
Union
select * from (select ItemCode,Value2  from tbl_test) AS SourceTable
PIVOT
(
    max(Value2)
FOR ItemCode IN ([Item1],[Item2],[Item3])
) AS PivotTable
Union
select * from (select ItemCode,Value3  from tbl_test) AS SourceTable
PIVOT
(
    max(Value3)
FOR ItemCode IN ([Item1],[Item2],[Item3])
) AS PivotTable
Union
select * from (select ItemCode,Value4  from tbl_test) AS SourceTable
PIVOT
(
    max(Value4)
FOR ItemCode IN ([Item1],[Item2],[Item3])
) AS PivotTable;