I have data in a sql table that looks like this:
Name colno remark
---- ----- ------
bill col 1 good
bill col 2 ok
bill col 3 triff
bill col 4 A1
bob col 1 poor
bob col 2 excellent
bob col 3 ok
bob col 4 B+
bert col 1
bert col 2 no info
bert col 3 pass
bert col 4 C-
and I want a gridview (?) with databinding that's laid out like this:
Name col 1 col 2 col 3 col 4
Bill good ok triff A1
Bob poor excellent ok B+
bert no info pass C-
So I can edit/insert data as needed.
The killer is that the number of columns can vary, eg I've 4 in the first example above, but it can be any number between 10 - 15. Hence on a second extract the data might look like this:
Name colno remark
---- ----- ------
brenda col 1 ok
brenda col 2 ok
brenda col 3 excellent
boris col 1 poor
boris col 2 ok
boris col 3 ok
baz col 1 great
baz col 2 no info
baz col 3 ok
Giving a table like this:
Name col 1 col 2 col 3
brenda ok ok excellent
boris poor ok ok
baz great no info ok
I've explored sql pivot but I don't want the data summarised in any way, it's just a single field of text per record. So I don't think this kind of query will work:
select * from myData
pivot (someAggregateFunctionThatIDontNeed(colNo) for colNo_ButNotBeingAggregated in (variableNoOfColumns)) as notAnAvergageJustText
I've tried to build a DataTable piecemeal from multiple sql-extracts-into-datatables-then-loop (that works, kinda, but I can't figure out how to bind the data after)
Any ideas? I've caned this for four days and I'm stumped. The offer of the wifey coming round to cook your Sunday dinner is still on...