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Old July 10th, 2008, 09:35 AM
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Multiple same rows only one column changes

Hi:

I want to retrieve some data from an MSSQL database from multiple tables. All these table are connected with foreign keys. The problem is that the program was structured in such a way that whenever additional information for a record were put in the database it formed a new row. For instance:

Contact1 Address1 Phone1 Email1
Contact1 Address1 Phone1 Email2
Contact1 Address1 Phone2 Email1
Contact1 Address1 Phone2 Email2 and so on....

Do you have any idea on how I can put all these information under one row, like:

Contact1 Address1 Phone1 Phone2 Email2

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you really don't want to do that, do you? multiple phone columns and multiple email columns in the same row? how many of each were you planning on having?

it's a really bad idea
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you really don't want to do that, do you? multiple phone columns and multiple email columns in the same row? how many of each were you planning on having?

it's a really bad idea


You are right. It is a bad practice. However, I want the data in that way retrieved (in Excel would be wonderful). I will arrange them anyway afterwards.

Thanks for your note.

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