Let's say I have Table A: *BookingsPerPerson*
Person_Id ArrivalDate DepartureDate
123456 2012-01-01 2012-01-04
213415 2012-01-02 2012-01-07
What I need to achieve with a view is the following:
Person_Id ArrivalDate DepartureDate Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07
123456 2012-01-01 2012-01-04 1 1 1 1
213415 2012-01-02 2012-01-07 1 1 1 1 1 1
The system is for events, so each hotel booking could take anything between 1 to 15 days but no more than that. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
You can use the `PIVOT` function to perform this query. My answer will include both a *static* and a *dynamic* version because sometimes it is easier to understand it using a static version.
A *static pivot* is when you hard-code all of the values that you want to transform into columns.
-- first into into a #temp table the list of dates that you want to turn to columns
;with cte (datelist, maxdate) as
(
select min(arrivaldate) datelist, max(departuredate) maxdate
from BookingsPerPerson
union all
select dateadd(dd, 1, datelist), maxdate
from cte
where datelist < maxdate
)
select c.datelist
into #tempDates
from cte c
select *
from
(
select b.person_id, b.arrivaldate, b.departuredate,
d.datelist,
convert(CHAR(10), datelist, 120) PivotDate
from #tempDates d
left join BookingsPerPerson b
on d.datelist between b.arrivaldate and b.departuredate
) x
pivot
(
count(datelist)
for PivotDate in ([2012-01-01], [2012-01-02], [2012-01-03],
[2012-01-04], [2012-01-05], [2012-01-06] , [2012-01-07])
) p;
Results (See [SQL Fiddle With Demo][1]):
PERSON_ID | ARRIVALDATE | DEPARTUREDATE | 2012-01-01 | 2012-01-02 | 2012-01-03 | 2012-01-04 | 2012-01-05 | 2012-01-06 | 2012-01-07
--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--
123456 | 2012-01-01 | 2012-01-04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
213415 | 2012-01-02 | 2012-01-07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
The dynamic version will generate the list of values to transform to columns:
DECLARE @cols AS NVARCHAR(MAX),
@query AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
;with cte (datelist, maxdate) as
(
select min(arrivaldate) datelist, max(departuredate) maxdate
from BookingsPerPerson
union all
select dateadd(dd, 1, datelist), maxdate
from cte
where datelist < maxdate
)
select c.datelist
into #tempDates
from cte c
select @cols = STUFF((SELECT distinct ',' + QUOTENAME(convert(CHAR(10), datelist, 120))
from #tempDates
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE
).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,1,'')
set @query = 'SELECT person_id, arrivaldate, departuredate, ' + @cols + ' from
(
select b.person_id, b.arrivaldate, b.departuredate,
d.datelist,
convert(CHAR(10), datelist, 120) PivotDate
from #tempDates d
left join BookingsPerPerson b
on d.datelist between b.arrivaldate and b.departuredate
) x
pivot
(
count(datelist)
for PivotDate in (' + @cols + ')
) p '
execute(@query)
The results are the same (see [SQL Fiddle With Demo][2]):
PERSON_ID | ARRIVALDATE | DEPARTUREDATE | 2012-01-01 | 2012-01-02 | 2012-01-03 | 2012-01-04 | 2012-01-05 | 2012-01-06 | 2012-01-07
--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--
123456 | 2012-01-01 | 2012-01-04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
213415 | 2012-01-02 | 2012-01-07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
[1]: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/8857c/9
[2]: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/8857c/14
I'm old school, and find `CASE` easier to work out in my head than `PIVOT`. I'm sure bluefeet will show up shortly and put me to shame, but in the meantime you can play with this dynamic SQL query. Assuming your table stores `DATE` and not `DATETIME` (or even worse, `VARCHAR`):
USE tempdb;
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.a
(
Person_Id INT,
ArrivalDate DATE,
DepartureDate DATE
);
INSERT dbo.a SELECT 123456, '2012-01-01', '2012-01-04'
UNION ALL SELECT 213415, '2012-01-02', '2012-01-07';
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'SELECT Person_Id';
;WITH dr AS
(
SELECT MinDate = MIN(ArrivalDate),
MaxDate = MAX(DepartureDate)
FROM dbo.a
),
n AS
(
SELECT TOP (DATEDIFF(DAY, (SELECT MinDate FROM dr), (SELECT MaxDate FROM dr)) + 1)
d = DATEADD(DAY, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY [object_id])-1,
(SELECT MinDate FROM dr))
FROM sys.all_objects
)
SELECT @sql += ',
' + QUOTENAME(d) + ' = CASE WHEN ''' + CONVERT(CHAR(10), d, 120)
+ ''' BETWEEN ArrivalDate AND DepartureDate THEN ''1'' ELSE '''' END' FROM n;
SELECT @sql += ' FROM dbo.a;'
EXEC sp_executesql @sql;
GO
DROP TABLE dbo.a;
One of the very few cases, BTW, where I could justify using `BETWEEN` for date range queries.