Select multiple sums with MySQL query and display them in separate columns

Question

Let\'s say I have a hypothetical table like so that records when some player in some game scores a point:

name   points
------------
bob     10
mike    03
mi         


        

Answer 1

You can pivot your data 'manually':

SELECT SUM(CASE WHEN name='bob' THEN points END) as bob,
       SUM(CASE WHEN name='mike' THEN points END) as mike
  FROM score_table

but this will not work if the list of your players is dynamic.