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Asked: 2026-06-01T13:29:20+00:00

I have a table Survey_Data_Response that is populated with an ‘insert into’ statement from

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I have a table Survey_Data_Response that is populated with an ‘insert into’ statement from two tables – Survey_Question and Survey_Response, they are joined on the QuestionID.

I want to use a SP to pivot the Survey_Data_Response table and save the results to a temp table so I can query it to develop reports.

The Survey_Data_Response table has fields – QuestionID, ResponseID, Question, Response, ResponseDateTime,moduleID.

The number of questions can change depending on the survey. 

 QuestionID   Question   Response    ResponseDateTime       ResponseID   ModuleID
 123           Age          34       2011-06-06 18:21:00     ABC            123
 345           Gender       M        2011-06-06 18:21:00     DEF            123
 567           Phone       444-4444  2011-06-06 18:21:00     HIG            123
 123           Age          23       2011-06-07 12:01:00     MNO            123
 789           Postal Code 90988     2011-06-07 12:01:00     XYZ            123

I need to pivot the table to look like this, the questions as columns and the response in the appropriate field.

   ResponseID   Age    Gender     Phone     Postal Code     ResponsDateTime 
   ABC          34      M        444-4444                   2011-06-06 18:21:00
   XYZ          23                            90988         2011-06-07 12:01:00

I’ve tried numerous pivot queries over the last 2 days but haven’t had any luck. This is where I’m at, it returns the column headers, but the responses to the questions aren’t being populated. 

 DECLARE @cols VARCHAR(1000)
 DECLARE @sqlquery VARCHAR(2000)

 SELECT  @cols = STUFF(( SELECT distinct  ',' + QuoteName(question)
                    FROM temp_SURVEY_DATA FOR XML PATH('') ), 1, 1, '') 
 SET @sqlquery = 'SELECT * FROM
  (SELECT DynamicQuestionResponseID,question,moduleid 
   FROM temp_SURVEY_DATA ) base
   PIVOT (max(moduleid) FOR question
   IN (' + @cols + ')) AS finalpivot'

 EXECUTE ( @sqlquery )

Can someone help me understand why this Pivot doesn’t work and how to make it work?

Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    this should give you what you want:

    create table temp_SURVEY_DATA
(
    questionid int,
    question varchar(50),
    response varchar(50),
    responsedatetime datetime,
    responseid varchar(3),
    moduleid int
)

insert into temp_SURVEY_DATA values(123, 'Age', '34', '2011-06-06 18:21:00', 'ABC', 123)
insert into temp_SURVEY_DATA values(345, 'Gender', 'M', '2011-06-06 18:21:00', 'ABC', 123)
insert into temp_SURVEY_DATA values(567, 'Phone', '444-4444', '2011-06-06 18:21:00', 'ABC', 123)
insert into temp_SURVEY_DATA values(123, 'Age', '23', '2011-06-07 12:01:00', 'XYZ', 123)
insert into temp_SURVEY_DATA values(789, 'Postal Code', '90988', '2011-06-07 12:01:00', 'XYZ', 123)

DECLARE @cols AS VARCHAR(MAX),
    @query  AS VARCHAR(MAX);

SET @cols = STUFF((SELECT distinct ',' + QUOTENAME(c.question) 
            FROM dbo.temp_SURVEY_DATA c
            FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE
            ).value('.', 'VARCHAR(MAX)') 
        ,1,1,'')

set @query = 'SELECT responseid, moduleid, responsedatetime, ' + @cols + ' from 
            (
                select question, response, responsedatetime, responseid, moduleid
                from temp_SURVEY_DATA
            ) x
            pivot 
            (
                max(response)
                for question IN(' + @cols + ')
            ) p '

execute(@query)

    Results:

    responseid    moduleid  responsedatetime        Age Gender  Phone       Postal Code
ABC           123       2011-06-06 18:21:00.000 34  M       444-4444     
XYZ           123       2011-06-07 12:01:00.000 23                      90988
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