PIVOT Error = Incorrect syntax near '('.

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The below query gives the error as rrect syntax near '('. :
Can you please help me where I am wrong?

SELECT DDate,COALESCE([February],0) AS [February], COALESCE([August],0) AS [August], COALESCE([April],0) AS [April], COALESCE([December],0) AS [December], COALESCE([September],0) AS [September], COALESCE([January],0) AS [January], COALESCE([October],0) AS [October] FROM
( select DATENAME(month,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate,Amount1 from data where code=1257 
) as SourceTable
PIVOT 
( 
sum(Amount1) 
FOR DATENAME(month,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate IN([February],[August],[April],[December],[September],[January],[October])
)

The original query is as below, the above is the print command results of dynamic query.
Original query:

SQL

DECLARE @MONTHS NVARCHAR(MAX),@MONTHSIN NVARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT @MONTHS = STUFF((select ',' + quotename(DDate) 
FROM (select distinct DATENAME(mm,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate from data) X FOR XML PATH('')) ,1,1,'')

SELECT @MONTHSIN= STUFF((select ', COALESCE(' + quotename(DDate)+ ',0) AS ' + quotename(DDate) 
FROM   (select distinct DATENAME(mm,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate from data) X FOR XML PATH('') ),1,2,'')

SELECT @MONTHS = SUBSTRING(@MONTHS,1,LEN(@MONTHS)-1)
 print @MONTHS;
DECLARE @SQLSTR NVARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT @SQLSTR = 
'SELECT DDate,'+ @MONTHSIN + ' FROM
( select DATENAME(month,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate,Amount1 from data where code=1257 
) as SourceTable
PIVOT 
( 
sum(Amount1) 
FOR DATENAME(month,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate IN(' + @MONTHS + ')
)'
print @SQLSTR
execute @SQLSTR
--'PRINT @MONTHS;

I want to pivot the data month wise. Please can anybody help me with this. The months should be generated dynamic based on the data in the table 'data'. Thank you.

Posted 26-Jul-12 12:01pm

tonydsouza1987

Updated 26-Jul-12 21:45pm

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Christian Graus 26-Jul-12 19:11pm

Did you consider telling us which ( causes the error ?

Tejas Vaishnav 27-Jul-12 4:51am

can you please give a table information which is used in this query

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Solution 1

Replace

SQL

FOR DATENAME(month,dbo.ConvertIntToDate(Date_)) as DDate in

with

SQL

FOR  DDate in

Posted 27-Jul-12 6:58am

hitesh_tech

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tonydsouza1987 · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-11T08:22:00

I got the query working, Also I wanted the dates to be based on selected from and to dates. Thanks to all.:

DECLARE @MonthsP NVARCHAR(MAX),@MonthsOut NVARCHAR(MAX),@SQLSTR NVARCHAR(MAX)
set dateformat dmy;
set @MonthsP = ''
set @MonthsOut = ''
SELECT @MonthsP = @MonthsP + '[' + DATENAME(MONTH, DATEADD(MONTH, x.number, '01-01-2012')) + DATENAME(YEAR, DATEADD(MONTH, x.number, '01-01-2012')) + '],' 
FROM master.dbo.spt_values x 
WHERE (x.type = 'P')  AND (x.number <= DATEDIFF(MONTH, '01-01-2012', '01-07-2012'));
SELECT @MonthsP = SUBSTRING(@MonthsP,1,LEN(@MonthsP) - 1 )
print @MonthsP


SELECT @SQLSTR= 
'SELECT p.Code2,p.Name,p.total,'+@MonthsP+'
FROM (
SELECT  DATENAME(MONTH, dbo.ConvertIntToDate(d.Date_))+ CAST(YEAR(dbo.ConvertIntToDate(d.Date_)) as VARCHAR) AS DDate,
d.Amount2 , m.Name, m.Code2,SUM(d.Amount2) OVER (PARTITION BY d.Code) as total 
FROM data d LEFT OUTER JOIN mr000 m ON d.Code = m.MasterID  
Where (d.tags0=52) AND  (m.Type&0x0f = 7)
) AS s
PIVOT ( 
Sum(s.Amount2)
FOR s.DDate IN(' + @MonthsP + ') 
) AS p'
exec sp_executesql @SQLSTR
print @SQLStr