Question

I have this query:

select MONTH(x.status_date) m
, YEAR(x.status_date) y
from [XREF_WET_MASTER] x
join F_ACCESSION_DAILY f
on x.accession_id=f.accession_id
pivot (count(*) for f.REQUISITION_TYPE in ([req1],[req2],[req3])
) as CountofThatTypeofReq

and i am getting this error:

Incorrect syntax near ‘*’.

on the count(*) line

here are the expected results:

+---+------+------+------+------+
| m |  y   | req1 | req2 | req3 |
+---+------+------+------+------+
| 1 | 2010 |   34 |    3 |    6 |
| 2 | 2010 |   56 |    6 |    0 |
| 3 | 2010 |    5 |   33 |    4 |
+---+------+------+------+------+

I would be most grateful for any guidance on this pivot!

Answer 1

Instead of count(*), you should be able to use something like the following:

select *
from
(
  select MONTH(x.status_date) m
    , YEAR(x.status_date) y
    , f.REQUISITION_TYPE
    , f.accession_id
  from [XREF_WET_MASTER] x
  join F_ACCESSION_DAILY f
    on x.accession_id=f.accession_id
) src
pivot 
(
  count(REQUISITION_TYPE) 
  for REQUISITION_TYPE in ([req1],[req2],[req3])
) as CountofThatTypeofReq