Question

I have Table A. How can I select from Table A to get Table B Format?

Table A

Employee Name Effective Date FieldType     FieldValue
Maung Mya           1/1/2005 Title         Project Engineer
Maung Mya           1/1/2005 Department    IT Department
Maung Mya           1/1/2007 Title         Assist Project Manager
Kyaw Kyaw           1/1/2006 Title         Software Engineer
Kyaw Kyaw           1/1/2006 Department    IT Department

Table B

Effective Date Employee Name Title                  Department
1/1/2007       Maung Mya     Assist Project Manager IT Department
1/1/2006       Kyaw Kyaw     Software Engineer      IT Department

Answer 1

Yes, I got it! Based on Gabe’s answer, I can retrieve the format I want and only 2 records. Thanks all! The answer is as follows.

SELECT  TableA.[Effective Date],  TableA.[Employee Name],  TableA.FieldValue AS Title,A2.FieldValue AS Department FROM TableA INNER JOIN  TableA AS A2 ON TableA.[EmployeeName] = A2.[EmployeeName] AND  TableA.[EffectiveDate] = (SELECT MAX([EffectiveDate]) FROM TableA AS A3 WHERE A3.[EmployeeName] = TableA.[EmployeeName] AND A3.FieldType = 'Title') AND  TableA.FieldType = 'Title' AND  A2.FieldType = 'Department'