Question : SQLServer Query, Pivot and/or Cross tab or whatever

Ok here's the deal.  I'm working on this late at night tonight and need an asnwer quick.  I pretty much need  "yes it's possible with simple query and here's how" or "no, it isn't possible without reporting tool (Cognos or Crystal etc)"

I'm using Excel VBA (user friendly and cheap) and writing a report.  I need a query to do the following.....

I have a SQLServer table named Matter.  In it is two columns, STAFF and CCODE.  If the table has:

STAFF      CCODE
GDJ           PI
GDJ           PI
GDJ           PRO
RJJ            PI
RJJ            WC
RJJ            MISC
RBC         WC

How do I get a query result of:

CCODE     RBC      GDJ      RJJ
PI              0            2          1
WC           1            0          1
MISC         0            0          1
PRO          0            1          0

Can I get this with a query from VBA without prior knowledge of any staff initials or codes, or would this type of thing require a reporting tool?  I'm a database administrator but my knowledge of SQL reporting stops here. =)

Answer : SQLServer Query, Pivot and/or Cross tab or whatever

You are not stating the exact "Graphical" Output you are seeking.

My guess is that you want to see a unique list of all used dates and along with each of these dates you want to see the associated Topics, Cases, ...etc

I am not sure that Access can represent the query you are after, but this can easily be done with a Report and two subreports.
The Main Report being the list of unique, used dates
The two subreports being the Cases and Topics tables respectively.
The subreports are linked on the unique date to their corresponding dates.

Here is a sample.
The Report is named: rptDatesCasesTopics
If this is what you wanted, I am sure that you can modify it to fit your needs.

;-)

JeffCoachman