SQL Join on field names

This is what I meant to type for what I am trying to accomplish:

Example
Organization_Name            Consentor_A5
Organization Name             Email Address
North Hospital                    contact@north.com

You will need an inner join.  What field in each table has the same value to be joined on?  With the assumption of Org_ID being the foreign key the following code should do what you need.

SELECT table1.Org_ID, table2.Organization_Name, table2.Consentor_a5
FROM table1
INNER JOIN table2
ON table1.Org_ID=table2.Org_ID

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Org_ID is only in "core_priveleges"
it is not in headers_core_priveleges

I need to join the tables on there field names. Both tables contain the same
field names. The only field that is not in both is org_id

You cannot join on field names; you can only join on field values.  How are you linking the question to the answer then?  You should have a key field that is the same on all matching records in both tables.

Your question is not clear, but I am guessing you're looking for something like this:

declare @strSQL varchar(max)

set @strSQL = 'select ORG_ID, '

select @strSQL = @strSQL + '[ORGANIZATION_NAME] as [' + [ORGANIZATION_NAME] + '],',
		 ' [CONSENTOR_A5] as  [' + [CONSENTOR_A5] + '],',
--		 ... and so on ...
      		 ' [CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2] as [' + [CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2] + ']'
  FROM header_core_priveleges 

set @strSQL = @strSQL + ' from core_privileges'

exec(@strSQL)

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If not please post sample data (from both tables) and expected result (what you want from the query)

@ ralmada I get the following error when I attempt to run

Error:
A SELECT statement that assigns a value to a variable must not be combined with data-retrieval operations.

I have now created the following table that contains the questions(q_text), the matching field name(q_field) from the table "core_privelieves"

I am merely trying to join the question text from "q_core_priveleges" to the table that contains the survey results core_priveleges.




New Table 1:

SELECT q_id, q_field, q_text
FROM q_core_priveleges

q_id	      q_field	                                q_text
1	     ORGANIZATION_NAME	        Organization Name
2	     CONSENTOR_A5	                        Email Address
3	      TITLE	                                        Title

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Table 2 :

SELECT  [ORG_ID]
      ,[ORGANIZATION_NAME]
      ,[CONSENTOR_A5]
      ,[CONTACT_NAME]
      ,[TITLE]
      ,[EMAIL_ADDRESS]
      ,[PHONE_NUMBER]
      ,[GROUP]
      ,[DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2]
  FROM core_priveleges
                                  

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sorry the select should have been like this

select @strSQL = @strSQL + ' [ORGANIZATION_NAME] as [' + [ORGANIZATION_NAME] + '], ' +
		 ' [CONSENTOR_A5] as  [' + [CONSENTOR_A5] + '], ' +
--		 --... and so on ...
      		 ' [CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2] as [' + [CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2] + ']'
  FROM header_core_priveleges 

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I have now created the following table that contains the questions(q_text), the matching field name(q_field) from the table "core_privelieves"

Still not clear, so I will keep guessing

select a.*, b.*
from core_privileges a
inner join (
	SELECT 	q_id, 
		q_field, 
		q_text, 
		(select max(q_text) from q_core_privileges where q_field = 'ORGANIZATION_NAME') as [ORGANIZATION_NAME],
		(select max(q_text) from q_core_privileges where q_field = 'CONSENTOR_A5') as [CONSENTOR_A5],
		(select max(q_text) from q_core_privileges where q_field = 'TITLE') as [TITLE]
	FROM q_core_priveleges
	) b on a.ORGANIZATION_NAME = b.ORGANIZATION_NAME and a.[CONSENTOR_A5] = b.[CONSENTOR_A5] and a.TITLE = b.TITLE

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If not, can you post a meaningful example with sample data from both tables and the expected result (not just the explanation but a resultset with what you expect to obtain)?

@ ralmada, your example returned no results.

Below are both tables with values.
Table 1 contains the quesstion ID, question field name and question text.
Table 2 Contains the answers from 3 different organizations.
I need to create a report that shows the question text(qtext) along wiht the answers from Table 2.

So, I would like for the Question Text to output after the field name and before the results.


Table 1:

SELECT TOP qid, qfield, qtext
FROM q_core_privileges

qid	 qfield	                                                  qtext
1	ORGANIZATION_NAME	                          What is Your Organization Name
2	GROUP	                                                  What is Your Group
3	DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES	          Do You Have Core Privileges

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Table 2:

SELECT  ORG_ID, ORGANIZATION_NAME, [GROUP], DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES 
FROM core_privileges1

ORG_ID	ORGANIZATION_NAME	        GROUP	DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES	
1	Northwestern Hospital	                UHC	        Yes	
2	Rush Medical Center	                UHC	        Yes	
3	University of Chicago	                UHC    	Yes	

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OK, so now we have samples data from the two tables, but you're still missing the resultset

>>So, I would like for the Question Text to output after the field name and before the results.<<

Do you mean like this?

ORG_ID	ORGANIZATION_NAME	        GROUP DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES	
What is Your Organization Name    What is Your Group  Do You Have Core Privileges

1	Northwestern Hospital	                UHC	        Yes	
2	Rush Medical Center	                UHC	        Yes	
3	University of Chicago	                UHC    	Yes	

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in that case try:

select 	'' as ORG_ID,	
	(select max(q_text) from q_core_privileges where q_field = 'ORGANIZATION_NAME') as [ORGANIZATION_NAME],
	(select max(q_text) from q_core_privileges where q_field = 'CONSENTOR_A5') as [CONSENTOR_A5],
	(select max(q_text) from q_core_privileges where q_field = 'TITLE') as [TITLE]
	... and so on ...
union all
select * from core_privileges

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or using PIVOT

select 
	*
from (
	SELECT '' as ORG_ID, qfield, qtext
	FROM q_core_privileges
) o
pivot(max(qtext) for qfield in ([ORGANIZATION_NAME]
      ,[CONSENTOR_A5]
      ,[CONTACT_NAME]
      ,[TITLE]
      ,[EMAIL_ADDRESS]
      ,[PHONE_NUMBER]
      ,[GROUP]
      ,[DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2]
)) p
union all
select * from core_privileges

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Thanks ralmada but I keep getting the following error with both queries...

All queries combined using a UNION, INTERSECT or EXCEPT operator must have an equal number of expressions in their target lists.

that's because you need to have the same # columns in both sides of the UNION. You've mentioned that both tables were the same except for the ORG_ID column, which I've manually added in the first part of the UNION ALL.

Run each query on both side of the UNION separately, and make sure you have the same # of columns. Once the columns match, you can combine them in the UNION ALL

Thanks ralmada, the following worked, but I had to create a table that did not contain org_ID.
But, this will not be the case, I will need the org_ID.
How can I use my core_privileges table that does contain org_ID?

select 
	[ORGANIZATION_NAME]
      ,[GROUP]
      ,[DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2]
from (
	SELECT '' as ORG_ID, qfield, qtext
	FROM q_core_privileges
) o
pivot(max(qtext) for qfield in ([ORGANIZATION_NAME]
      ,[GROUP]
      ,[DO_YOU_HAVE_CORE_PRIVILEGES]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A16_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A17_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A18_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A4_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A5_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A6_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A7_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A9_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A10_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A8_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A11_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A13_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A14_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A2_M2]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M1]
      ,[CORE_PRIVILEGES_A19_M2]
)) p
union all
select * from core_privileges2

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Thanks ralmada! This works just fine.