Need help on capturing data in a query

Hi everyone
We are on v7r3

I hope I can explain this

I have a query that creates an extract - one record per entity
I need to capture extra data from another file, but this other file can have multiple records per entity

This extra file contains payment information

Instead of creating an extract with multiple records per entity, I have been asked to leave it at one record per entity
The only way that I can see this working is to add each piece of data to the end of the one record

For example
One entity has 2 payments, therefore create 2 new fields on the one entity
Payment_1, Payment_2
Another entity has 5 payments, therefore create the 5 fields
Payment_1, Payment_2, Payment_3, Payment_4, Payment_5
The next entity has 4 payments, therefore create the 4 fields
Payment_1, Payment_2, Payment_3, Payment_4

Hope this makes SOME sense

My question is - how can I do this?

I thought of creating a CTE of
Entity, Payment information, Sequence number
Where the sequence number is the chronological instance of the payment for that entity
Question is - how to create a sequence number
Then based upon the sequence number, put the payment information into
Payment_1 if sequence is 1, Payment_2 if sequence is 2, Payment_3 if sequence is 3, Payment_4 if sequence is 4, Payment_5 if sequence is 5
Etc.

Yeesh
I just read this through god knows how many times
Changed the explanation, god know how many times
Hope this makes sense

As always - all answers gratefully accepted



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