November 29, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Hello,
Not sure if there is any basic info you need to know...I'm running SQL Server 2008 Standard.
I need to create a query that has data from multiple columns (Columns 1-6 with coresponding Date started and Date Completed data) displayed vertically, but also has the column name the preeceeding column to identify it...along with other data (Record number, status).
Record Number, Status, Column Name, Date Started, DateCompleted
1, Open, Column 1, 1/1/2012, 2/1/2012,
2, Hold, Column 2, 1/3/2012, 3/1/2012,
1, Open, Column 3, 2/5/2012, 4/6/2012,
3, Closed, Column 4, 5/10/2012, 7/25/2012,
2, Hold, Column 5, 3/9/2012, 4/1/2012,
1, open, Column 6, 10/10/2012, 12/12/2012,
Please reply with any question you may have. Sorry, I did the best I could to describe what I need, the formating wasn't helping either. I went with CSV, if it helps.
As Always, any help would be greatly apprechated.
Thank you,
David92595
November 30, 2012 at 2:10 am
You need a little help getting help. 🙂
Below is a consumable version of your source data:
;WITH a ([Record Number], [Status], [Column Name], [Date Started], DateCompleted) AS (
SELECT 1, 'Open', 'Column 1', '1/1/2012', '2/1/2012'
UNION ALL SELECT 2, 'Hold', 'Column 2', '1/3/2012', '3/1/2012'
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 'Open', 'Column 3', '2/5/2012', '4/6/2012'
UNION ALL SELECT 3, 'Closed', 'Column 4', '5/10/2012', '7/25/2012'
UNION ALL SELECT 2, 'Hold', 'Column 5', '3/9/2012', '4/1/2012'
UNION ALL SELECT 1, 'open', 'Column 6', '10/10/2012', '12/12/2012')
SELECT *
FROM a
Now without trying to transform the source data, can you provide us a similar query that shows exactly how the expected results should look for this source data?
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
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