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

This is called pivoting the table:

SELECT SUM(IF(name = "Bob", points, 0)) AS points_bob,
       SUM(IF(name = "Mike", points, 0)) AS points_mike
FROM score_table