Srikanth Rao wrote:
  >Hi, 
  >I have a table like this:
  >       location        | numbrochures | marketing 
  >-----------------------+--------------+-----------
  > 101 Asheville, NC     |            4 | NEWS
  > 101 Asheville, NC     |            1 | TV
  > 101 Asheville, NC     |            3 | RADIO
  > 101 Asheville, NC     |            2 | OTHER
  > 101 Asheville, NC     |            3 | null
  > 101 Asheville, NC     |            1 | TV
  > 102 'Charlotte', 'NC' |            1 | SIGN
  > 104 'Colfax', 'NC'    |            5 | SIGN
  > 109 'Moyock', 'NC'    |            1 | BROCHURE
  >(9 rows)
  >
  >
  >I want the headings to be  like:
  >
  >location | NEWS | TV | RADIO | OTHER | ........
  >
  >How to get this done using sql for postgresql backend?

SELECT location,
       CASE WHEN marketing = 'NEWS'
            THEN numbrochures
            ELSE NULL
       END AS "NEWS",
       CASE WHEN marketing = 'TV'
            THEN numbrochures
            ELSE NULL
       END AS "TV",
       ...

but it's a clumsy hack and won't work if you don't know the
contents of "marketing" in advance.

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