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On Sep 11, 6:21 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> georgino...._at_gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > Here is what I need to get.
>
> > Columns: Id, Name, Program, cost
> > Data sample:
> > 1, George, Program 1, $10
> > 1, George, Program 2, $10
> > 1, Peter, Program 1, $10
>
> > The result line should looks like this:
> > 1; George, Peter; Program 1, Program 2, $30
>
> > Basically I need to concatenate Names and Programs and sum the cost
> > for each ID
>
> > I am stuck here; any idea would be greatly appreciated
>
> > Thanks
> > Georgino
>
> What you need to a cross tabulation.
>
> In any version of Oracle this can be done with DECODE. Since 9i
> with CASE and in 11g with PIVOT.
>
> Demos in Morgan's Library atwww.psoug.org.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org- Hide quoted text -
>
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Sorry but I don't see how you can use decode or case in this
situation.
I am trying to generate one vertical line from 3 horizontal where the
name and program fields will be concatenated into one.
With decode or case I will still get 3 rows.
Received on Wed Sep 12 2007 - 11:17:51 CDT
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