multiple row values into diff columns

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multiple row values into diff columns

vbandlamudi

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August 27, 2008 at 12:29 am

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hi, my table contain the following values
no name
1 aaa
1 bbb
1 ccc
2 vvv
2 nnn
i need output as following ( max no.of cols is 5 )
no col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
1 aaa bbb ccc null null
2 vvv nnn null null null
please give me some inputs.

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Jeremy Brown SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4223 More actions · Answer 1

Not quite sure I follow the question exactly. What are the business requirements?

This looks like it may be using the PIVOT operator but not sure.

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 2

Read this article by Jeff Moden it will teach you how to do what you want.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns

By Jeff Moden, 2008/08/19

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 3

Duplicate post, see http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic559341-338-1.aspx

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