Question

I am working on a cross tab query in SQL Server 2008. Everything appear fine apart from this error I am getting.

Here is my code:

select * from 
    (select ITEM_CODE,NET_PRODUCTION_QUANTITY,RAW_MATERIAL_CODE,DATE_ID  from dbo.ODST_PRODUCTION_TRANS 
    ) n
    pivot
    (sum(NET_PRODUCTION_QUANTITY) for datename(month,DATE_ID) In ([January],[February],[March],[April],[May],[June])) as pvt
where RAW_MATERIAL_CODE = 'X' and DATE_ID between '01-Jan-11' and '30-Jun-11'.

The problem is where the datename(month,date_id) but I can’t figure it out. Can anyone give me a solution?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I don’t think the FOR part of a pivot can be a calculated value at the time of pivot and it must be in your result set.

select * from 
    (select ITEM_CODE,NET_PRODUCTION_QUANTITY,RAW_MATERIAL_CODE,DATE_ID,datename(month,DATE_ID) as dn  from dbo.ODST_PRODUCTION_TRANS 
    ) n
    pivot
    (sum(NET_PRODUCTION_QUANTITY) for dn In ([January],[February],[March],[April],[May],[June])) as pvt
where RAW_MATERIAL_CODE = 'X' and DATE_ID between '01-Jan-11' and '30-Jun-11'