how can change data structure pivot to unpivot

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Hi

I have database in structure like below

Newspaper   State1  state2  state3  state4 

ABC          1000     5684   5687   246
DEF           879     2547   2578   2357

But I need to the structure like below

How can i change this 

Newspaper        State      copies

ABC              State1     1000
ABC              State2     5684
ABC              State3     5687
ABC              State4     246
DEF              State1     879
DEF              State2     2547
DEF              State3     2578
DEF              State4     2357

Pls help me

Maideen

Posted 25-Jun-14 18:58pm

Maideen Abdul Kader

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vani suresh · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-25T20:08:00

Solution 1

Hi check this below query works fine

SQL

SELECT [NewsPaper]
      ,[State],[Copies]
FROM 
   (SELECT [NewsPaper]
      ,[State1]
      ,[State2]
      ,[State3]
      ,[State4]
   FROM [Test].[dbo].[News]) p
UNPIVOT
   (Copies FOR State IN 
      (State1,State2,State3,State4)
)AS unpvt;
GO

Posted 25-Jun-14 20:08pm

vani suresh

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Maideen Abdul Kader 26-Jun-14 4:05am

Thank you Vani.
it is work.

vani suresh 26-Jun-14 9:57am

Welcome..