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I'm doing it just as you stated. I was hoping to avoid 12 CASE statements.
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I'm doing it just as you stated. I was hoping to avoid 12 CASE statements.

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&gt;&gt;&quot;<i>I was hoping to avoid 12 CASE statements.</i>&quot;<br />
is 12 case expressions really that bad?<br />
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You might be able to use &quot;pivot&quot; (depending on the overall query), but in truth that's not going to be any simpler than those 12 case expressions.
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>>"I was hoping to avoid 12 CASE statements."
is 12 case expressions really that bad?

You might be able to use "pivot" (depending on the overall query), but in truth that's not going to be any simpler than those 12 case expressions.

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I have 14 fields so it's 168 CASE statements.
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I have 14 fields so it's 168 CASE statements.

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You can generate the CASE statements using system tables, it's not as if you have to type them out yourself :-) .
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You can generate the CASE statements using system tables, it's not as if you have to type them out yourself :-) .

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Can you elaborate? Just to clarify, this is MS SQL.
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Can you elaborate? Just to clarify, this is MS SQL.

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I have several values that I need to get on a per month basis making a column for each month.<br />
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Rather than doing a DATEPART with a CASE to get through the 12 months I would like to know if there is a function or SQL that could loop through this to reduce my code.
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I have several values that I need to get on a per month basis making a column for each month.

Rather than doing a DATEPART with a CASE to get through the 12 months I would like to know if there is a function or SQL that could loop through this to reduce my code.

SQL Loop Through Months

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008

SQL (Structured Query Language) is designed to be used in conjunction with relational database products as of a means of working with sets of data. SQL consists of data definition, data manipulation, and procedural elements. Its scope includes data insert, query, update and delete, schema creation and modification, and data access control.