Question

I have a table named Sample which looks like.

I want the output as following

for this I have built the following Query:

SELECT YEAR/MONTH, 1L,3L,4L,6L,8L
    FROM (
    SELECT PANEL, LAYERCOUNT, MONTHS
    FROM Sample) up
    PIVOT (SUM(Count) FOR CountOFL IN (1L,3L,4L,6L,8L)) AS pvt
    ORDER BY YEAR/MONTH

But it gives error Incorrect syntax near ‘1’.

Answer 1

For the table structures you gave, this query would return the pivoted table on the CountOFL column:

SELECT YEARMONTH, [1L],[3L],[4L],[6L],[8L]
FROM Sample
PIVOT (SUM(RecordCount) FOR CountOFL IN ([1L],[3L],[4L],[6L],[8L])) AS pvt
ORDER BY YEARMONTH

Results:

YEARMONTH                        1L          3L          4L          6L          8L
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Dec2011                          2           NULL        NULL        NULL        NULL
Jan2011                          NULL        4           NULL        NULL        NULL
Jul2012                          2           NULL        5           NULL        NULL
Jun2011                          NULL        NULL        NULL        NULL        1
Jun2012                          2           NULL        NULL        1           NULL
May2011                          NULL        5           NULL        NULL        NULL
Sep2012                          NULL        1           NULL        NULL        NULL

So, you need to enclose the values of the PIVOTed column in square brackets.