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Random Thoughts & Cartesian Products with Microsoft SQL Server

Northwind sample view

create view PivotTest
as
select
  o.customerID, c.CompanyName, p.productName, sum(od.quantity) as Qty 
from
  orders o 
inner join
  [order details] od on o.orderID = od.orderID 
inner join
 
Products p on od.ProductID = p.ProductID 
inner join
 
Customers c  on o.CustomerID = c.CustomerID 
group by
  o.customerID, c.CompanyName, p.ProductName