Question

I am trying to convert columns into rows using cursors. I know people say cursors are the right thing to do. I know we can use pivot to achieve this. But the problem is that client needs it as cursors with a for loop. Not really sure as to why they need it that way but looks like its easier for them to understand the code.

Table A

ID  FieldA   FieldB  FieldC 
 1   abc      123     xyz

This needs to be converted to

ID  Field0
 1   abc
 1   123
 1   xyz

Any pointers on how to achieve it could be helpful

Thanks

Prady

Answer 1

Why not simply:

select ID, FieldA as Field0 from TableA
union all
select ID, FieldB from TableA
union all
select ID, FieldC from TableA