Sunday, July 09, 2017

Pivoting and Unpivoting Multiple Columns in MS SQL Server

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Pivoting and Unpivoting Multiple Columns in MS SQL Server

MS SQL Server, a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), is used for storing and retrieving data. Data integrity, data consistency, and data anomalies play a primary role when storing data into a database. Data is provided in different formats to create different visualizations for analysis. For this purpose, you need to pivot (rows to columns) and unpivot (columns to rows) your data.

A PIVOT relational operator is used to convert values of multiple rows into values of multiple columns. An UNPIVOT relational operator is used to convert values of multiple columns into values of multiple rows.

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