Rows to Columns

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Rows to Columns

erouse

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September 16, 2016 at 12:18 pm

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Can somebody please help? Is there a fairly simple way to do this?
This is my data now.
LABORLC
152685A B C D E
152969A B
This is what I would like it to look like.
LABORLC
152685A
152685B
152685C
152685D
152685E
152969A
152969B
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286589 More actions · Answer 1

erouse (9/16/2016)
Can somebody please help? Is there a fairly simple way to do this?
This is my data now.
LABORLC
152685A B C D E
152969A B
This is what I would like it to look like.
LABORLC
152685A
152685B
152685C
152685D
152685E
152969A
152969B

It is not very clear what you have going on here. Are the values delimited with a space? If so then you need to look in my signature about splitting strings. If it is something else then you need to look at the first link in my signature for best practices when posting questions.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003894 More actions · Answer 2

erouse (9/16/2016)
Can somebody please help? Is there a fairly simple way to do this?
This is my data now.
LABORLC
152685A B C D E
152969A B
This is what I would like it to look like.
LABORLC
152685A
152685B
152685C
152685D
152685E
152969A
152969B

We can help... a lot! But we need a little more, please. Please see the first link under "helpful Links" in my signature line below.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

erouse Old Hand Points: 300 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden (9/16/2016)
erouse (9/16/2016)
Can somebody please help? Is there a fairly simple way to do this?
This is my data now.
LABORLC
152685A B C D E
152969A B
This is what I would like it to look like.
LABORLC
152685A
152685B
152685C
152685D
152685E
152969A
152969B
We can help... a lot! But we need a little more, please. Please see the first link under "helpful Links" in my signature line below.

Sorry, here is code to generate 2 tables. I am trying to take the data from the first table (LC are grouped by LABOR and in same row) and make a new table with LC in separate row with LABOR number repeated as displayed in the second table. I cant provide what I have so far as I have no idea where to start on this!

--===== If the test table already exists, drop it

IF OBJECT_ID('TempDB..#mytable','U') IS NOT NULL

DROP TABLE #mytable

--===== Create the test table with

CREATE TABLE #mytable

(

LABOR VARCHAR(50),

LC VARCHAR(50)

)

--===== Insert the test data into the test table

INSERT INTO #mytable

(LABOR, LC)

SELECT '152736', 'A C D' UNION ALL

SELECT '152756', 'A B C D E'

--===== View the data

SELECT LABOR, LC FROM #mytable

--===== If the 2nd test table already exists, drop it

IF OBJECT_ID('TempDB..#mytable2','U') IS NOT NULL

DROP TABLE #mytable2

--===== Create the test table with

CREATE TABLE #mytable2

(

LABOR VARCHAR(50),

LC VARCHAR(50)

)

--===== Insert the test data into the test table

INSERT INTO #mytable2

(LABOR, LC)

SELECT '152736', 'A' UNION ALL

SELECT '152736', 'C' UNION ALL

SELECT '152736', 'D' UNION ALL

SELECT '152756', 'A' UNION ALL

SELECT '152756', 'B' UNION ALL

SELECT '152756', 'C' UNION ALL

SELECT '152756', 'D' UNION ALL

SELECT '152756', 'E'

--===== View the data

SELECT LABOR, LC FROM #mytable2

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61136 More actions · Answer 4

erouse (9/21/2016)
Jeff Moden (9/16/2016)
erouse (9/16/2016)
Can somebody please help? Is there a fairly simple way to do this?
This is my data now.
LABORLC
152685A B C D E
152969A B
This is what I would like it to look like.
LABORLC
152685A
152685B
152685C
152685D
152685E
152969A
152969B
We can help... a lot! But we need a little more, please. Please see the first link under "helpful Links" in my signature line below.
Sorry, here is code to generate 2 tables. I am trying to take the data from the first table (LC are grouped by LABOR and in same row) and make a new table with LC in separate row with LABOR number repeated as displayed in the second table. I cant provide what I have so far as I have no idea where to start on this!
--===== If the test table already exists, drop it
IF OBJECT_ID('TempDB..#mytable','U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #mytable
--===== Create the test table with
CREATE TABLE #mytable
(
LABOR VARCHAR(50),
LC VARCHAR(50)
)
--===== Insert the test data into the test table
INSERT INTO #mytable
(LABOR, LC)
SELECT '152736', 'A C D' UNION ALL
SELECT '152756', 'A B C D E'
--===== View the data
SELECT LABOR, LC FROM #mytable
--===== If the 2nd test table already exists, drop it
IF OBJECT_ID('TempDB..#mytable2','U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #mytable2
--===== Create the test table with
CREATE TABLE #mytable2
(
LABOR VARCHAR(50),
LC VARCHAR(50)
)
--===== Insert the test data into the test table
INSERT INTO #mytable2
(LABOR, LC)
SELECT '152736', 'A' UNION ALL
SELECT '152736', 'C' UNION ALL
SELECT '152736', 'D' UNION ALL
SELECT '152756', 'A' UNION ALL
SELECT '152756', 'B' UNION ALL
SELECT '152756', 'C' UNION ALL
SELECT '152756', 'D' UNION ALL
SELECT '152756', 'E'
--===== View the data
SELECT LABOR, LC FROM #mytable2

Well done on the sample data! All you need is a copy of the house splitter[/url] and this is as easy as pie.

SELECT LABOR, Item

FROM #mytable

CROSS APPLY dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(LC,' ');

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

erouse Old Hand Points: 300 More actions · Answer 5

erouse

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September 21, 2016 at 3:59 pm

#1902309

Thanks! You guys are the best!