PIVOT of varchar alters the value

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PIVOT of varchar alters the value

M Chabot

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May 17, 2007 at 9:55 am

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I am trying to do a simple rotation/pivot of a database table using the PIVOT command. The column is a varchar, but all the column values become 1 after the pivot. Every example I have seen performs pivots on numeric columns. Does pivot not work with varchars? I don't see this restriction mentioned in the BOL.

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Mike

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

Can you post the query please? Table structure and sample data also, if possible.

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M Chabot SSCrazy Points: 2511 More actions · Answer 2

I typed up a simple example in response and discovered that my simple example worked. So I must have done something wrong initially.

PIVOT of varchar alters the value

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