Change display of result set from 'showing data as rows, to showing data as one or more columns'

• david.dartnell

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  May 13, 2014 at 12:54 am

  #285492

  Hi Everyone,

  I am interested in changing the way that data is displayed in my result set.

  Essentially I want to display a selection of rows (1 to n) as columns, the following diagram explains my intentions -

  

  Perhaps one of the greatest challenges here is the fact that I do not have a concrete number of rows (or BIN numbers).

  Each stock item could be stored in one or more BINS, which I will not know until running my query.

  Any suggestions here will be greatly appreciated.

  Kind Regards,

  Davo

• ricardo_chicas

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  May 13, 2014 at 2:03 am

  #1712927

  have you tried using the pivot function?

• ChrisM@Work

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  May 13, 2014 at 6:14 am

  #1712995

  Try this article on Dynamic Crosstabs[/url].

  ^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

  For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
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