• mukherjee.subhro (5/10/2010)


    ...the orderyear field the O/P is coming like cnt2007,cnt2008.... like that;

    I want to omit this cnt portion, if you have any suggestion then please sent me by tomorrow.

    I think I have made it clear... /quote]

    Check out SUBSTRING() in BOL.

    Is this part of your course specific to PIVOT / UNPIVOT?

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