Query to display output horizontally

Question

I need to display a query output in a horizontal manner. I have some example data

create table TestTable (id number, name varchar2(10))

insert into TestTabl         


        

Answer 1

To pivot, you should use the pivot clause of the select statement:

select *
  from testtable
 pivot ( max(name)
         for id in (1,2,3,4)
       )

This is not particularly pretty to do in SQL, so you should consider carefully whether this is what you want to do. I normally use Oracle Base for pivoting examples but there are many out there.

Here's a little SQL Fiddle to demonstrate.