Query Help

Hi All,

I want to display the data in vertical format though the data is stored horizontally in the datatable.Suppose i have table with five columns-id.a,b,c,d.If i use a select statement that will give me the data in the format-ID A B C D

but now i want to display the data as

ID A

ID B

ID C

ID D

Any help on this pls??I m thinking to use the self join but would it take a long time??

Thanks

select id,a

union

select id,b

union

select id,c

union

select id,d

|||It sounds to me more like you require a pivot query rather than a union. If you have Sql Server 2005 you can do pivot queries but, unfortunately, not in the older versions. There a good article you can readhere that explains how to do pivot queries.|||

You can do pivot tables in Sql Server 2000. Just search for "pivot tables" in the Books Online. The example there was greatly helpful to me with the same issue.

Hope this helps

Query Editor: how to display individual row vertically

In query editor I displayed a single row from a table. The row is so long that I need to scroll horizontally back and forth to check out it's fields. Using t-sql (or otherwise) can I display the row like this: (vertically)

\

Field Name 1: < data value 1>

Field Name 2: < data value 2>

Field Name 3: < data value 3>

Field Name 4: < data value 4>

etc.

TIA,

barkingdog

Dog:

If you are using SQL Server 2005, you ought to be able to use an UNPIVOT

Dave

|||

Dog:

That SQL 2005 code might look something like this:

-- -
-- In order for UNPIVOT to work, the data must be homogeneous.
-- For this reason, all of the fields are transformed into a
-- varchar (40) string.
--
-- Also note the ISNULL function on field 3. If this is not
-- done, this row will not be displayed.
-- -
select convert (varchar (25), FieldName + ':') as FieldName,
FieldValue
from ( select convert (varchar (40), 'This is a test.')
as [Field Name 1],
convert (varchar (40), 'This is the 2nd field.')
as [Field Name 2],
convert (varchar (40), isnull (null, '[Null]'))
as [Field Name 3],
convert (varchar (40), 45.27)
as [Field Name 4]
) x
unpivot (FieldValue for FieldName
in ( [Field Name 1], [Field Name 2],
[Field Name 3], [Field Name 4]
)
) as xx

--
-- Sample Output:
--

-- FieldName FieldValue
-- - -
-- Field Name 1: This is a test.
-- Field Name 2: This is the 2nd field.
-- Field Name 3: [Null]
-- Field Name 4: 45.27

-- (4 row(s) affected)

|||

If you are using SQL 2000 you might try something like:

select 'Field Name 1:' as FieldName,
'This is a test.' as fieldValue
union all
select 'Field Name 2:',
'This is the 2nd field.'
union all
select '...', ' '
union all
select 'Field Name N: ', 'Nth piece of data'

--
-- Sample Output:
--

-- FieldName fieldValue
-- -
-- Field Name 1: This is a test.
-- Field Name 2: This is the 2nd field.
-- ...
-- Field Name N: Nth piece of data

-- (4 row(s) affected)