TSQL Pivot without aggregate function

Question

I have a table like this...

CustomerID   DBColumnName   Data
--------------------------------------
1            FirstName      Joe
1            MiddleName     S
1            LastName       Smith
1            Date           12/12/2009
2            FirstName      Sam
2            MiddleName     S
2            LastName       Freddrick
2            Date           1/12/2009
3            FirstName      Jaime
3            MiddleName     S
3            LastName       Carol
3            Date           12/1/2009

And I want this...

Is this possible using PIVOT?

CustomerID  FirstName   MiddleName          LastName        Date
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1           Joe             S               Smith           12/12/2009
2           Sam             S               Freddrick       1/12/2009
3           Jaime           S               Carol           12/1/2009

Answer 1

You can use the MAX aggregate, it would still work. MAX of one value = that value..

In this case, you could also self join 5 times on customerid, filter by dbColumnName per table reference. It may work out better.

Answer 2

yes, but why !!??

   Select CustomerID,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When FirstName Then Data End) FirstName,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When MiddleName Then Data End) MiddleName,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When LastName Then Data End) LastName,
     Min(Case DBColumnName When Date Then Data End) Date
   From table
   Group By CustomerId

Answer 3

SELECT
main.CustomerID,
f.Data AS FirstName,
m.Data AS MiddleName,
l.Data AS LastName,
d.Data AS Date
FROM table main
INNER JOIN table f on f.CustomerID = main.CustomerID
INNER JOIN table m on m.CustomerID = main.CustomerID
INNER JOIN table l on l.CustomerID = main.CustomerID
INNER JOIN table d on d.CustomerID = main.CustomerID
WHERE f.DBColumnName = 'FirstName' 
AND m.DBColumnName = 'MiddleName' 
AND l.DBColumnName = 'LastName' 
AND d.DBColumnName = 'Date'

Edit: I have written this without an editor & have not run the SQL. I hope, you get the idea.

Answer 4

Ok, sorry for the poor question. gbn got me on the right track. This is what I was looking for in an answer.

SELECT [FirstName], [MiddleName], [LastName], [Date] 
FROM #temp 
PIVOT
(   MIN([Data]) 
    FOR [DBColumnName] IN ([FirstName], [MiddleName], [LastName], [Date]) 
)AS p

Then I had to use a while statement and build the above statement as a varchar and use dynmaic sql.

Using something like this

SET @fullsql = @fullsql + 'SELECT ' + REPLACE(REPLACE(@fulltext,'(',''),')','')
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + 'FROM #temp '
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + 'PIVOT'
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + '('
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + ' MIN([Data])'
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + ' FOR [DBColumnName] IN '+@fulltext
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + ')'
SET @fullsql = @fullsql + 'AS p'

EXEC (@fullsql)

Having a to build @fulltext using a while loop and select the distinct column names out of the table. Thanks for the answers.

Answer 5

Thanks, gbn, this also worked for me, using MAX() to get the value of a varchar.