How can I loop through values from a table in a case statement

Question

(Sorry, new to SQL). I have the following table which users can update and/or add to:

Project Type:
ID   Name  
1    Documents
2    DVD
3    Poster


        

Answer 1

You can accomplish this with conditional aggregation, like you had listed.

SELECT
ProductName,
SUM(CASE WHEN Name = 'Documents' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as NumOfDocuments,
SUM(CASE WHEN Name = 'DVD' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as NumOfDVD,
SUM(CASE WHEN Name = 'Poster' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as NumOfPoster
FROM
YourTable
GROUP BY ProductName

DYNAMIC SQL

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Clients') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Clients
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Products') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Products
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Projects') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Projects
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#ProjectTypes') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #ProjectTypes

CREATE TABLE #Clients (ID int, Name varchar(64))
CREATE TABLE #Products (ID int, Name varchar(64), ClientID int)
CREATE TABLE #Projects (ID int, Name varchar(64), ProductID int, ProjectTypeID int)
CREATE TABLE #ProjectTypes (ID int, Name varchar(64))


INSERT INTO #Clients (ID, Name) VALUES
(1,'Client1'),
(2,'Client2'),
(3,'Client3'),
(4,'Client4')

INSERT INTO #Products (ID, Name, ClientID) VALUES
(1,'Prod1',1),
(2,'Prod2',1),
(3,'Prod3',1),
(2,'Prod2',2),
(2,'Prod2',3),
(3,'Prod3',3),
(4,'Prod3',3)

INSERT INTO #Projects (ID, Name, ProductID, ProjectTypeID) VALUES
(1,'Proj1',1,1),
(1,'Proj1',2,1),
(1,'Proj1',3,1),
(2,'Proj2',2,2),
(2,'Proj2',3,2),
(2,'Proj2',4,2),
(3,'Proj3',4,3)

INSERT INTO #ProjectTypes (ID, Name) VALUES
(1,'ProjType1'),
(2,'ProjType2'),
(3,'ProjType3')


IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Summary') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Summary

SELECT
    c.ID,
    prod.Name as ProductName,
    proj.Name as ProjectName,
    projT.Name as ProjType
INTO #Summary
FROM #Clients c
    INNER JOIN
    #Products prod on prod.ClientID = c.ID
    INNER JOIN
    #Projects proj on proj.ProductID = prod.ID
    INNER JOIN
    #ProjectTypes projT on projT.ID = proj.ProjectTypeID

SELECT * FROM #Summary

DECLARE @DynamicPivotQuery AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @ColumnName AS NVARCHAR(MAX)

--Get distinct values of the PIVOT Column 
SELECT @ColumnName= ISNULL(@ColumnName + ',','') 
       + QUOTENAME(ProjType)
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT ProjType FROM #Summary) AS Names

--Prepare the PIVOT query using the dynamic 
SET @DynamicPivotQuery = 
  N'SELECT ProductName, ' + @ColumnName + '
    FROM #Summary
    PIVOT(COUNT(ProjType)
          FOR ProjType IN (' + @ColumnName + ')) AS PVTTable'
--Execute the Dynamic Pivot Query
EXEC sp_executesql @DynamicPivotQuery

So using your tables, you should be able to just run this... it may need slight tweaking.

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Summary') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Summary

SELECT
    c.ID,
    prod.Name as ProductName,
    proj.Name as ProjectName,
    projT.Name as ProjType
INTO #Summary
FROM Clients c
    INNER JOIN
    Products prod on prod.ClientID = c.ID
    INNER JOIN
    Projects proj on proj.ProductID = prod.ID
    INNER JOIN
    ProjectTypes projT on projT.ID = proj.ProjectTypeID


DECLARE @DynamicPivotQuery AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @ColumnName AS NVARCHAR(MAX)

--Get distinct values of the PIVOT Column 
SELECT @ColumnName= ISNULL(@ColumnName + ',','') 
       + QUOTENAME(ProjType)
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT ProjType FROM #Summary) AS Names

--Prepare the PIVOT query using the dynamic 
SET @DynamicPivotQuery = 
  N'SELECT ProductName, ' + @ColumnName + '
    FROM #Summary
    PIVOT(COUNT(ProjType)
          FOR ProjType IN (' + @ColumnName + ')) AS PVTTable'
--Execute the Dynamic Pivot Query
EXEC sp_executesql @DynamicPivotQuery

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