Counting values in columns

Question

What I am looking for is to group by and count the total of different data in the same table and have them show in two different columns. Like below.

Data in table A

Fields:

Name    Type  
 Bob    1  
 John   2 
 Bob    1 
 Steve  1 
 John   1 
 Bob    2

Desired result from query:

Name   Type 1  Type 2
Bob    2       1
John   1       1
Steve  1       0

Answer 1

This will do the trick in SQL Server:

SELECT
  name,
  SUM( CASE type WHEN 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS type1,
  SUM( CASE type WHEN 2 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS type2
FROM
  myTable
GROUP BY
  name

Answer 2

No time to write the code, but the Case statement is what you want here. SImply havea value of 1 if it meets the case and zero if it deosn't. Then you can sum the columns.