when to use pivot tables code example
Example 1: pivot table sql
SELECT SalesAgent AS PivotSalesAgent, India, US, UK FROM tblAgentsSales
PIVOT
(
SUM(SalesAmount) FOR SalesCountry IN (India, US, UK)
)
AS testPivotTable
SELECT SalesAgent GrpBySalesAgent, SalesCountry, SUM(SalesAmount) Sales
from tblAgentsSales
GROUP BY SalesAgent, SalesCountry
select SalesAgent TableSalesAgent, SalesCountry, SalesAmount
from tblAgentsSales
Example 2: pivot table
SELECT * -- Total invoices per gender
FROM (
SELECT invoice, gender
FROM sales
) d
PIVOT (
sum(invoice)
FOR gender IN ('F' AS "Women", 'M' AS "Men")
);
-- Table Sales:
CREATE TABLE sales (
gender VARCHAR2(1 BYTE), -- 'F' or 'M'
invoice NUMBER
);