Dynamic pivot in oracle sql

Question

... pivot (sum(A) for B in (X))

Now B is of datatype varchar2 and X is a string of varchar2 values separated by commas.
Values for X are select distinct values

Answer 1

You cannot put a dynamic statement in the PIVOT's IN statement without using PIVOT XML, but you can use small Technic to use dynamic statement in PIVOT. In PL/SQL, within a string value, two apostrophe is equal to one apostrophes.

declare
  sqlqry clob;   
  search_ids  varchar(256) := '''2016'',''2017'',''2018'',''2019''';
begin
  search_ids := concat( search_ids,'''2020''' ); -- you can append new search id dynamically as you wanted
  sqlqry :=
  '      
  select * from
  (
      select *
      from EMPLOYEE
  )
  pivot
  (
    MIN(QTY) for YR in (' || search_ids   || ')
  )';

  execute immediate sqlqry;
end;