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how to get data from a table all in one result row

  • September 10, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    #395454

    I'm need help with a query.

    The table has an id, a name, and a type. Sample:

    ID Name Type

    123 description black

    123 technique breaking

    456 findings nice

    456 technique splitting

    How can I select to get this result:

    123 black breaking

    456 nice splitting

    Thanks very much for any help.

  • September 10, 2013 at 4:13 pm

    #1649052

    You can use cross tabs to accomplish this. To read more about this technique, read the following article.

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

    SELECT ID,

    MAX( CASE WHEN Name = 'Description' THEN Type) AS Description,

    MAX( CASE WHEN Name = 'technique ' THEN Type) AS Technique

    FROM MyTable

    GROUP BY ID

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  • September 11, 2013 at 6:23 am

    #1649238

    This worked, I had to add an else and end and it worked like I needed.

    SELECT ID,

    MAX( CASE WHEN Name = 'Description' THEN Type else null end) AS Description,

    MAX( CASE WHEN Name = 'technique ' THEN Type else null end) AS Technique

    FROM MyTable

    GROUP BY ID

    Thanks very much.

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