Convert rows to columns in SQL Server 2008

We have one table called Licenses. This is what it looks like:

CustNum	LicenseAddress	License	ExpiryDate
155	123	Y32CA	12/31/2018
155	998	Y32CB	12/31/2020
155	568	Y32CC	12/31/2022

Here is what I want it to look like:

LicAddr1	Lic1	ExpiryDate1	LicAddr2	Lic2	ExpiryDate2	LicAddr3	Lic3	ExpiryDate3
123	Y32CA	12/31/2018	998	Y32CB	12/31/2020	568	Y32CC	12/31/2022

Here is the query I have currently, however it’s only returning NULLs:

SELECT LicAddr1, 
       Lic1,
       ExpiryDate1,
       LicAddr2,
       Lic2,
       ExpiryDate2,
       LicAddr3,
       Lic3,
       ExpiryDate3
FROM (SELECT CustNum, LicenseAddress, License, ExpiryDate FROM Licenses) d
PIVOT (
       MAX(ExpiryDate) 
       FOR CustNum IN (LicAddr1, Lic1, ExpiryDate1, LicAddr2, Lic2, ExpiryDate2, LicAddr3, Lic3, ExpiryDate3) 
      ) piv

What am I doing wrong?

Answer

PIVOT isn’t really what you’re after, especially since you’re trying to get multiple values from each row (which doesn’t work very well with the aggregation PIVOT tries to offer).

I’m assuming here you want the most recent three licenses, in which case we can apply a row number per CustNum, ordered by ExpiryDate (newest first), then flip them so they are left-to-right oldest-to-newest:

;WITH cte AS
(
  SELECT CustNum, LicenseAddress, License, ExpiryDate,
    rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY CustNum ORDER BY ExpiryDate DESC)
  FROM dbo.Licenses
)
SELECT CustNum,
  LicAddr1    = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 3 THEN LicenseAddress END),
  Lic1        = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 3 THEN License        END),
  ExpiryDate1 = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 3 THEN ExpiryDate     END),
  LicAddr2    = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 2 THEN LicenseAddress END),
  Lic2        = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 2 THEN License        END),
  ExpiryDate2 = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 2 THEN ExpiryDate     END),
  LicAddr3    = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 1 THEN LicenseAddress END),
  Lic3        = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 1 THEN License        END),
  ExpiryDate3 = MAX(CASE WHEN rn = 1 THEN ExpiryDate     END)
FROM cte
GROUP BY CustNum;

Results:

CustNum	LicAddr1	Lic1	ExpiryDate1	LicAddr2	Lic2	ExpiryDate2	LicAddr3	Lic3	ExpiryDate3
155	123	Y32CA	2018-12-31	998	Y32CB	2020-12-31	568	Y32CC	2022-12-31

• Example db<>fiddle