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copied!<p>I have a table with the following format.</p> <pre><code>mysql> describe unit_characteristics; +----------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | uut_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | | | uut_sn | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | | | characteristic_name | varchar(80) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | characteristic_value | text | NO | | NULL | | | creation_time | datetime | NO | | NULL | | | last_modified_time | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +----------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ </code></pre> <p>each uut_sn has multiple characteristic_name/value pairs. I want to use MySQL to generate a table</p> <pre><code>+----------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+ | uut_sn | char_name_1 | char_name_2 | char_name_3 | char_name_4 | ... | +----------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+ | 00000 | char_val_1 | char_val_2 | char_val_3 | char_val_4 | ... | | 00001 | char_val_1 | char_val_2 | char_val_3 | char_val_4 | ... | | 00002 | char_val_1 | char_val_2 | char_val_3 | char_val_4 | ... | | ..... | char_val_1 | char_val_2 | char_val_3 | char_val_4 | ... | +----------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+--------------+ </code></pre> <p>Is this possible with just one query?</p> <p>Thanks, -peter</p>

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