I'm trying to extract data from a SQLite table that stores key-value pairs in dual columns. For example, with the keys
foo
bar
man
row
| _id | external_id | key | value |
|-----|-------------|------|-------|
| 1 | 12345 | foo | cow |
| 2 | 12345 | bar | moo |
| 3 | 12345 | man | hole |
| 4 | 12345 | row | boat |
| 5 | 67980 | foo | abc |
| 6 | 67890 | bar | def |
| 7 | 67890 | man | ghi |
| 8 | 67890 | row | jkl |
external_id
| external_id | foo | bar | man | row |
|-------------|-----|------|------|------|
| 12345 | cow | moo | hole | boat |
| 67890 | abc | def | ghi | jkl |
SELECT a.external_id, b.foo, c.bar, d.main, e.row
FROM myTable AS a
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT external_id, key AS foo
FROM myTable
WHERE key="foo") AS b
ON a.external_id = b.external_id
...
LEFT JOIN
(SELECT external_id, key AS row
FROM myTable
WHERE key="row") AS e
ON a.external_id = e.external_id
GROUP BY a.external_id
The other available option is to use conditional aggregation:
SELECT external_id,
MAX(CASE WHEN key = 'foo' THEN value END) AS foo,
MAX(CASE WHEN key = 'bar' THEN value END) AS bar,
MAX(CASE WHEN key = 'man' THEN value END) AS man,
... etc
FROM mytable
GROUP BY external_id