Sql server pivot solution

Question

I have created a table containing book details as follows

Now I want to perform operation on the above table such that I should receive result as below

where Qty in above table is total number Of (Book Sl No) for which all the the fields (Book Manufacturer, Book Model,Vendor, Dispatch Date and Lot) are same

I have tried simple "pivot" and "group by" in Sql Server but the above one is a bit complex for me. So could anyone please help me out with this?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Select BookManufacturer , BookModel , Vendor , DispatchDate , Lot , Count(*) as Qty
from Books
group by (BookManufacturer , BookModel , Vendor , DispatchDate , Lot)

Answer 2

Looks like you don't need Pivot or any complex query . A simple Group by with count should do the job

SELECT [book manufacturer],
       [Book Model],
       Vendor,
       [Dispatch Date],
       lot,
       Count(1) Qty
FROM   tablename
where [Dispatch date] >= 16/4/2014
GROUP  BY [book manufacturer],
          [Book Model],
          Vendor,
          [Dispatch Date],
          lot