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Reverse-engineering an Excel pivot table-type dataset

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Eric - 22 Jan 2007 00:21 GMT
I have a dataset in pivot/crosstab format. Can anybody think of an easy way
to take this dataset and turn it into a database-ready table?

That is to say, data is in the format:

Name          Jan      Feb      Mar
****         ****   ****   ****
John              2        4         6
Mary             3        1         8

and I want to wind up with

Name          Month       Qty
****         *****      ***
John            Jan           2
John            Feb          4
John            Mar          6
Mary           Jan           3
Mary           Feb          1
Mary           Mar          8

Thanks!
Debra Dalgleish - 22 Jan 2007 00:25 GMT
To reorganize the data, you may be able to use the "unpivot' technique
described by John Walkenbach:

  http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip068.htm

> I have a dataset in pivot/crosstab format. Can anybody think of an easy way
> to take this dataset and turn it into a database-ready table?
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> Thanks!

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