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Asked: 2026-06-16T17:14:38+00:00

Possible Duplicate: MySQL pivot table Should I be using a LEFT JOIN using derived

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MySQL pivot table

Should I be using a LEFT JOIN using derived tables, a RIGHT JOIN using derived tables, a different table design, or do I need to query the table and write Python code to produce the desired output shown below?

The output I would like to get to would yield the following output example:

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| 2005   |  2006 |  2007 |  <--- These headings are not necessary
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|   A    |  A    |  A    |
--------------------------
|  AA    |  AA   |  AA   |
--------------------------
|  BB    |  BB   |       |
--------------------------
|  C     |       |   C   |
--------------------------

The data for the query is in a two column table containing (symbol, year):

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|  Symbol |  Year  |
====================
|   A     |  2005  |
--------------------
|   AA    |  2005  |
--------------------
|   BB    |  2005  |
--------------------
|   C     |  2005  |
--------------------
|   A     |  2006  |
--------------------
|   AA    |  2006  |
--------------------
|   BB    |  2006  |
--------------------
|   A     |  2007  |
--------------------
|   AA    |  2007  |
--------------------
|   C     |  2007  |
--------------------
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  1. Editorial Team
    SELECT MAX(CASE WHEN year = 2005 THEN Symbol ELSE NULL END) `2005`,
       MAX(CASE WHEN year = 2006 THEN Symbol ELSE NULL END) `2006`,
       MAX(CASE WHEN year = 2007 THEN Symbol ELSE NULL END) `2007`
FROM tableName
GROUP BY Symbol

    If you have unknown values of year, a Dynamic SQL Query is very much preferred on this.

    SET @sql = NULL;
SELECT
  GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT
    CONCAT(
      'MAX(CASE WHEN year = ',
      year,
      ' THEN Symbol ELSE NULL end) AS ',
      CONCAT('`', year, '`')
    )
  ) INTO @sql
FROM TableName;

SET @sql = CONCAT('SELECT  ', @sql, ' 
                   FROM tableName 
                   GROUP BY Symbol');

PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

    if you want to show empty string instead of null value, COALESCE is required.

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