use of pivot in sql server 2005

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can i use the pivot with selecting top three values

for example i am inserting the prices of products at different different dates now i want to fetch last three updated prices for all products at the same time in the manner
headings like

Product name.......OldDate....NewDate....NewerDate

Posted 13-Oct-12 0:44am

Pradeep_kaushik

Updated 13-Oct-12 1:43am

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OriginalGriff 13-Oct-12 6:59am

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please give your table or please provide in details your question couldn't understand.

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Pradeep_kaushik 15-Oct-12 7:39am

my question is just like the description in the below answer but want this format for only last three updating dates
and i am using this query in my project through the in build sqlserver of VS2008

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2012-10-14T10:20:00

Yes, you can use pivots !

Have a looks at this example:

SQL

CREATE TABLE #Prices (ProductName NVARCHAR(30), Price MONEY, UpdateDate DATETIME)

INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('ABC',2.20,'2012-01-03')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('ABC',2.85,'2012-03-07')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('ABC',3.01,'2012-05-13')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('ABC',3.05,'2012-07-15')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('DEF',13.15,'2012-01-05')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('DEF',12.95,'2012-03-07')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('DEF',13.09,'2012-05-10')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('GHI',5.19,'2012-01-03')
INSERT INTO #Prices (ProductName, Price, UpdateDate)
	VALUES('GHI',5.88,'2012-07-15')

DECLARE @cols NVARCHAR(200)
DECLARE @dt NVARCHAR(1000)
DECLARE @pt NVARCHAR(2000)

SET @cols = STUFF((SELECT DISTINCT '],[' + CONVERT(NVARCHAR(10),P.[UpdateDate],120)
					FROM [#Prices] AS P
					ORDER BY '],[' + CONVERT(NVARCHAR(10),P.[UpdateDate],120)
			FOR XML PATH('')),1,2,'') + ']'

SET @dt = 'SELECT * ' + 
		'FROM #Prices ' 

SET @pt = 'SELECT [ProductName], ' + @cols + ' ' +
		'FROM (' + @dt + ') AS DT ' +
		'PIVOT(MAX([Price]) FOR [UpdateDate] IN (' + @cols + ')) AS PT ' +
		'ORDER BY [ProductName]'
EXEC (@pt)

DROP TABLE #Prices

Results:

ProductName	2012-01-03	2012-01-05	2012-03-07	2012-05-10	2012-05-13	2012-07-15
ABC	2.20	NULL	2.85	NULL	3.01	3.05
DEF	NULL	13.15	12.95	13.09	NULL	NULL
GHI	5.19	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	5.88

The rest belongs to you!