Transpose rows into columns when rows are dynamic -MYSQL

Question

I want to transpose the rows into columns and the number of rows is dynamic.
I have checked some of the questions, they are using

CASE

in mysql by using the static values. In my case, the values would be dynamic. Here is my structure:

I will be querying the table as

where meeting_id=1

, I am trying to get output like this:

meeting_id, first_name, last_name, occupation

         1, danyal    , sandeelo , engineer

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Answer 1

You can use GROUP_CONCAT and Prepared statements to handle dynamic number of fields in MySQL Pivot.

Please find query below with some test data.

Prepare Data

CREATE TABLE Meeting
(
    ID INT,
    Meeting_id INT,
    field_key VARCHAR(100),
    field_value VARCHAR(100)
);

INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (1, 1,'first_name' , 'danyal');
INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (2, 1,'last_name' , 'sandeelo');
INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (3, 1,'occupation' , 'engineer');
INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (4,2,'first_name' , 'John');
INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (5,2,'last_name' , 'Matthew');
INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (6,2,'occupation' , 'engineer');
INSERT INTO Meeting(ID,Meeting_id,field_key,field_value)
VALUES (7,2,'field4' , 'xyz');

SQL Query

SET @sql = NULL;
SELECT
  GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT
    CONCAT(
      'max(case when field_key = ''',
      field_key,
      ''' then field_value end) ',
      field_key
    )
  ) INTO @sql
FROM
  Meeting;
SET @sql = CONCAT('SELECT Meeting_id, ', @sql, ' 
                  FROM Meeting 
                   GROUP BY Meeting_id');

PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

Transpose rows into columns when rows are dynamic -MYSQL

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