How to select data based column name

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I have data in pivot structure in table. Below

Newspaper    Penang   KL    Sabah   Sarawak
The Star     10000    4800  5614    35247
The NST       8547    3257  8741     2354
The SUN       7125    23154 5792      100

My question is How can I select Sabah and The Sun ? or Sabah,Sarawak and The NST ?
using sql command. Pls advice me.

Thank you

Posted 1-Jul-14 21:29pm

Maideen Abdul Kader

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vani suresh · Answer 1 · 2014-07-01T21:54:00

Solution 1

1) Query for to select a Sabah and sun
select Newspaper from databasename where Sabah ='5792'

2) Query for to select Sabah ,Sarawak and the NST
select Newspaper,Sabah from databasename where Sarawak='2354'

Posted 1-Jul-14 21:54pm

vani suresh

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Maideen Abdul Kader 2-Jul-14 4:06am

Hi Vani

I have given the small example.
for example I need to retrieve all data under Sabah whether match with newspaper i have selected or date i have selected.
There are lot data under sabah

Pls advise me.

Thank you
Maideen