Pivoting and unpivoting in sql

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SQL-Server-2008

IngredientName NUTRIENTNAME NValue
MILK cow's Carbohydrates 4.4
MILK cow's Isoleucine 0.173
MILK cow's Alanine 0.107

i have the above table. i need to pivot it like the follwing.

IngredientName Carbohydrates Isoleucine Alanine
MILK cow's 4.4 0.173 0.107

how can i perform this operation?

Posted 4-Feb-14 0:30am

kparun86

Updated 31-Jan-22 3:37am

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King Fisher · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04T00:48:00

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select IngredientName ,Carbohydrates,Isoleucine , Alanine   from(select  IngredientName ,NUTRIENTNAME ,NValue from table1)
 up PIVOT (sum(Nvalue) for NUTRIENTNAME in(Carbohydrates,Isoleucine,Alanine)) as Pvt

Posted 4-Feb-14 0:48am

King Fisher

Updated 4-Feb-14 1:02am

v4

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kparun86 4-Feb-14 7:12am

Nope it s not working. May i know why u have included sum (nvalue) in the query. actually i dont need to sum any n values.

King Fisher 4-Feb-14 7:19am

if your table structure is this

IngredientName NUTRIENTNAME NValue
MILK cow's Carbohydrates 4.4
MILK cow's Isoleucine 0.173
MILK cow's Alanine 0.107

definetly ,it will work

King Fisher 4-Feb-14 7:20am

you getting any error?

kparun86 5-Feb-14 0:18am

Yep Now it s working. I Guess i made some mistake . now it s working fine thanks :)

King Fisher 5-Feb-14 0:22am

Welcome