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Angelorush
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3 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-23 : 12:00:06

Employee Color

Employee1 Blue
Employee2 Red
Employee3 Blue
Employee3 Red

end result

Employee1 Blue Only
Employee2 Red Only
Employee3 Blue and Red

thanks in advance

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-23 : 12:11:57

What have you tried so far?

Brett

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Angelorush
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-23 : 12:14:32

i've tried case statements but once i get a hit on the first statement

the results only shows this

Employee1 Blue Only
Employee2 Red Only
Employee3 Blue Only

Angelorush
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-23 : 12:35:19

case
when color = 'Blue' then 'Blue Only'
when color = 'Red' then 'Red Only'
when color in ('Blue','Red') then 'Both'
end

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2010-11-23 : 12:50:56

you need a join

SELECT Employee
, COALESCE(Color1,'') + COALESCE(Color2,'')
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT Employee FROM Table WHERE Color = 'Blue') AS e
LEFT JOIN (SELECT Employee, Color1 FROM Table WHERE Color = 'Red') AS r
ON e. Employee = r.Employee
LEFT JOIN (SELECT Employee, Color2 FROM Table WHERE Color = 'Blue') AS b
ON e. Employee = b.Employee

Brett

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http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/

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