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                                         jayram 
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                                             Posted - 2014-01-27 : 15:01:41
                                            
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                                            | i have a table with 3 columnsID, Name and Value. It has like 1000 recordsID Name Value1, DG1, 560001, m_DG1, invalid2, DG1, 67892, DG2, 78902, m_DG1, Valid2, m_DG2, invalidi am trying to transpose and want to select and display likeID DG1 m_DG1 DG2 m_DG21 56000 invalid NULL NULL2 6789 Valid 7890 Invalidor like this where the order of columns are like belowID DG1 DG2 m_DG1 m_DG2is it possible to transpose this.Thanks | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     sqlsaga 
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                                          | [code]DECLARE @TABLE TABLE(ID INT,NAME VARCHAR(20),VALUE VARCHAR(20))INSERT INTO @TABLE VALUES(1,'DG1', '56000'), (1,'m_DG1', 'invalid'),(2,'DG1', '6789'),(2,'DG2', '7890'), (2,'m_DG1', 'Valid'), (2,'m_DG2', 'invalid')SELECT *FROM (SELECT * FROM @TABLE) aPIVOT (MAX(Value) FOR name in ([DG1], [m_DG1], [DG2], [m_DG2]))pvt[/code]You have to put all the possible column names in the IN clause to get them as columns.Visit www.sqlsaga.com for more t-sql snippets and BI related how to's.  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     visakh16 
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                                     jayram 
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                                            Posted - 2014-01-28 : 16:50:39
                                          
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                                          | Thank you both. This is helpful and i also used http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13372276/simple-way-to-transpose-columns-and-rows-in-sql  | 
                                         
                                        
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