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Friday, February 24, 2012

Crosstab Queries in SQL Server 2005

Hi there,

I'm trying to make a cross tab query in SQL Server 2005 SP2, I have it done in MS Access but I want to switch all my queries that use crosstabs into SQL.

I find this Query on the web:

Code Snippet

CREATE PROCEDURE [sp_CrossTabIntoTable]

@.select varchar(8000),

@.sumfunc varchar(100),

@.pivot varchar(100),

@.table varchar(100)

DECLARE @.sql varchar(8000), @.delim varchar(1)

SET NOCOUNT ON

SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF

EXEC ('SELECT ' + @.pivot + ' AS pivot INTO ##pivot FROM ' + @.table + ' WHERE 1=2')

EXEC ('INSERT INTO ##pivot SELECT DISTINCT ' + @.pivot + ' FROM ' + @.table + ' WHERE '

+ @.pivot + ' Is Not Null')

SELECT @.sql='', @.sumfunc=stuff(@.sumfunc, len(@.sumfunc), 1, ' END)' )

SELECT @.delim=CASE Sign( CharIndex('char', data_type)+CharIndex('date', data_type) )

WHEN 0 THEN '' ELSE '''' END

FROM tempdb.information_schema.columns

WHERE table_name='##pivot' AND column_name='pivot'

SELECT @.sql=@.sql + '''' + convert(varchar(100), pivot) + ''' = ' +

stuff(@.sumfunc,charindex( '(', @.sumfunc )+1, 0, ' CASE ' + @.pivot + ' WHEN '

+ @.delim + convert(varchar(100), pivot) + @.delim + ' THEN ' ) + ', ' FROM ##pivot

DROP TABLE ##pivot

SELECT @.sql=left(@.sql, len(@.sql)-1)

SELECT @.select=stuff(@.select, charindex(' FROM ', @.select)+1, 0, ', ' + @.sql + ' ')

EXEC (@.select)

SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON

But when I tried to run it I got this error message:

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure sp_CrossTabIntoTable, Line 25

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'pivot'.

I need it ASAP because I need to create new reports and I don't want to use MS Access no more.

Is there someone who knows what the problem is?

Thanks in advance,

Julien

PIVOT is a reserved keyword in 2005. Either change the column name eg. Pvt or put identifiers around the column name eg 'Pivot'

HTH
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Ok PIVOT is the operator/keyword in SQL Server 2005 use the following query...