dynamic column generation

• ani112001

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  December 9, 2008 at 2:29 am

  #198553

  Hi,

  I have a query like given…Is there any way to give the RoomName dynamically. I have several roomnames in a table. So its not possible to write case for all of them like i have done here. Pls help ASAP. Thnx in advance.

  query

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  SELECT ItemCode,Sum(Estimate) as projecttotal,

  SUM(CASE WHEN RoomName =’Room1′ THEN Estimate ELSE 0 END ) AS [Room1],

  SUM(case when RoomName=’Room2′ then Estimate else 0 end) as [Room2]

  FROM ReportDataTable

  GROUP BY ItemCode

• ChrisM@Work

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  December 9, 2008 at 2:38 am

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  Cross-post, answered here:

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic615978-338-1.aspx?Update=1

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