Pivot Table and Concatenate Columns - SQL Problem

Question

I have a database in the following format:

 ID    TYPE   SUBTYPE    COUNT   MONTH
 1      A      Z          1       7/1/2008
 1      A      Z          3       7/1/2008
 2      B      C          2       7/2/2008
 1      A      Z          3       7/2/2008

Can I use SQL to convert it into this:

ID    A_Z   B_C   MONTH
1     4     0     7/1/2008
2     0     2     7/2/2008
1     0     3     7/2/2008

So, the TYPE, SUBTYPE are concatenated into new columns and COUNT is summed where the ID and MONTH match.

Any tips would be appreciated. Is this possible in SQL or should I program it manually?

The database is SQL Server 2005.

Assume there are 100s of TYPES and SUBTYPES so and 'A' and 'Z' shouldn't be hard coded but generated dynamically.

Answer 1

You can always write stored procedure to calculate this for you - that is also SQL, so the answer is yes you can. Later I suggest you to read some manual, about store procedures.

Answer 2

select id,
sum(case when type = 'A' and subtype = 'Z' then [count] else 0 end) as A_Z,
sum(case when type = 'B' and subtype = 'C' then [count] else 0 end) as B_C,
month
from tbl_why_would_u_do_this
group by id, month

You change requirements more than our marketing team! If you want it to be dynamic you'll need to fall back on a sproc.

Answer 3

SQL Server 2005 offers a very useful PIVOT and UNPIVOT operator which allow you to make this code maintenance-free using PIVOT and some code generation/dynamic SQL

/*
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[stackoverflow_159456](
    [ID] [int] NOT NULL,
    [TYPE] [char](1) NOT NULL,
    [SUBTYPE] [char](1) NOT NULL,
    [COUNT] [int] NOT NULL,
    [MONTH] [datetime] NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
*/

DECLARE @sql AS varchar(max)
DECLARE @pivot_list AS varchar(max) -- Leave NULL for COALESCE technique
DECLARE @select_list AS varchar(max) -- Leave NULL for COALESCE technique

SELECT @pivot_list = COALESCE(@pivot_list + ', ', '') + '[' + PIVOT_CODE + ']'
     ,@select_list = COALESCE(@select_list + ', ', '') + 'ISNULL([' + PIVOT_CODE + '], 0) AS [' + PIVOT_CODE + ']'
FROM (
    SELECT DISTINCT [TYPE] + '_' + SUBTYPE AS PIVOT_CODE
    FROM stackoverflow_159456
) AS PIVOT_CODES

SET @sql = '
;WITH p AS (
    SELECT ID, [MONTH], [TYPE] + ''_'' + SUBTYPE AS PIVOT_CODE, SUM([COUNT]) AS [COUNT]
    FROM stackoverflow_159456
    GROUP BY ID, [MONTH], [TYPE] + ''_'' + SUBTYPE
)
SELECT ID, [MONTH], ' + @select_list + '
FROM p
PIVOT (
    SUM([COUNT])
    FOR PIVOT_CODE IN (
     ' + @pivot_list + '
    )
) AS pvt
'

EXEC (@sql)