Find value of cell from header name and row name (like going down and across)

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Find value of cell from header name and row name (like going down and across)

PiyaKaGhar

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October 3, 2013 at 3:38 am

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what I want is the value of cell just like where x meets y, going down and across what is the value in that cell.
Thank you for your time

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 1

Can you be a bit more specific on what you want to achieve?

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PiyaKaGhar Mr or Mrs. 500 Points: 568 More actions · Answer 2

Hi can I insert image to show,

UPDATE [dbo].[pro]
SET [Test] = <Test, nchar(10),>
,[100] = <100, nchar(10),>
,[120] = <120, nchar(10),>
,[130] = <130, nchar(10),>
WHERE <Search Conditions,,>
GO

test 100 120 130

USA 1 4 3

IND 4 2 3

JAP 4 3 1

am trying to get the cell value eg for usa and 120 result should come as 4 but am stuck

create proc [dbo].[proc2] @productname as varchar(20), @measurement as nvarchar (20)
as
begin
select a.*, b.column_name from pro a, INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS b
where a.test=@productname and column_name=@measurement and b.table_name='pro'
end
exec dbo.proc2 'india',[120]

not sure how to do . thank you for your help and guidance.

Sonu

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

PiyaKaGhar (10/11/2013)
Hi can I insert image to show,
UPDATE [dbo].[pro]
SET [Test] = <Test, nchar(10),>
,[100] = <100, nchar(10),>
,[120] = <120, nchar(10),>
,[130] = <130, nchar(10),>
WHERE <Search Conditions,,>
GO
test 100 120 130
USA 1 4 3
IND 4 2 3
JAP 4 3 1
am trying to get the cell value eg for usa and 120 result should come as 4 but am stuck
create proc [dbo].[proc2] @productname as varchar(20), @measurement as nvarchar (20)
as
begin
select a.*, b.column_name from pro a, INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS b
where a.test=@productname and column_name=@measurement and b.table_name='pro'
end
exec dbo.proc2 'india',[120]
not sure how to do . thank you for your help and guidance.
Sonu

It is extremely unclear what you are trying to do here. Are you saying you want to pass a value for the test column and the column name for the second value???

In order to help we will need a few things:

1. Sample DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements

2. Sample data in the form of INSERT INTO statements

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PiyaKaGhar Mr or Mrs. 500 Points: 568 More actions · Answer 4

test - I have given the colum that name -has got the product details. I want to use the cell name within that col for eg India and the the numbers[100],[120] which are alike column name to get details of the cell

if this is not clear, let me gater how you want details so you can help me.

Regards

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 5

PiyaKaGhar (10/11/2013)
Hi can I insert image to show,
UPDATE [dbo].[pro]
SET [Test] = <Test, nchar(10),>
,[100] = <100, nchar(10),>
,[120] = <120, nchar(10),>
,[130] = <130, nchar(10),>
WHERE <Search Conditions,,>
GO
test 100 120 130
USA 1 4 3
IND 4 2 3
JAP 4 3 1
am trying to get the cell value eg for usa and 120 result should come as 4 but am stuck
create proc [dbo].[proc2] @productname as varchar(20), @measurement as nvarchar (20)
as
begin
select a.*, b.column_name from pro a, INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS b
where a.test=@productname and column_name=@measurement and b.table_name='pro'
end
exec dbo.proc2 'india',[120]
not sure how to do . thank you for your help and guidance.
Sonu

You're running into the same problem as another million people or so. Your table isn't normalized. This would be a whole lot easier if it were. In this case, it would end up looking a bit like an EAV table but it would keep you from having to resort to dynamic SQL to do such a thing.

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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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