pivot

CREATETABLE test1([month] varchar(15), val1 int)INSERTINTO test1VALUES('Jan',70),('Feb',12),('Mar',12),('Apr',14);SELECT*FROM(SELECT[month], val1 FROM test1)AS original    PIVOT(        MIN(val1)FOR[month]IN([Jan],[Feb],[Mar],[Apr]))AS PivotTable

Result:

Jan         Feb         Mar         Apr
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
70          12          12          14

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/500811/Simple-Way-To-Use-Pivot-In-SQL-Query

Using the Code

Let us have a table name Invoice which has three properties, InvoiceNumber, InvoiceDate, InvoiceAmount. Suppose we have several rows input in the table. Our goal is to display the sum of InvoiceAmount each month.

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SELECT * FROM (SELECT year(invoiceDate) as [year], left(datename(month,invoicedate),3)as [month], _
InvoiceAmount as Amount FROM Invoice) as InvoiceResult 

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SELECT *
FROM (SELECT 
        year(invoiceDate) as [year],left(datename(month,invoicedate),3)as [month], 
        InvoiceAmount as Amount FROM Invoice
) as s
PIVOT
(
    SUM(Amount)FOR [month] IN (jan, feb, mar, apr, 
    may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec)
)ASpivot