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                                             Posted - 2005-02-08 : 07:54:55
                                            
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                                            | shay writes "Hi i have a view structured something like this :  id  catname   productname  1   aa         prod1 1   bb         prod2 1   aa         prod1 1   bb         prod2 2   cc         prod3 2   dd         prod4 2   cc         prod3 2   dd         prod4  i need to insert to another table and do string manipulation on each value, i do not know the number of columns ,all values needto go in to one target colume  so the result will look like this : id       data 1      XXaa XXbb >>prod1 >>prod2 2      XXcc XXdd >>prod3 >>prod4 etc  what is the best way to approach this? i searched around and found that this structurew is a cross-tab structure. is it? and if so how can i make it happen. currently  i am using a complicated code with cursurs that does ont realy work  and i feel is not in the right direction i hope there is a knowen solution  for this problem  thanks,   shay cohen" | 
                                             
                                         
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