SQl :ATTENDANCE

Question

i have a table:ABC
id    date        name  attendance
1    1/1/2009     a      1
2    1/1/2009     b      0
3    2/1/2009     a      0
4    2/1/2009     b      1  
here attendance 1 for present 0 for absent

i need thedetails of attendance as following when one istaking report of ABC

eg:data between 1/1/2009 and 2/1/2009

name,1/1/2009 2/2/2009
a     present  leave
b      leave    present

i done this throug following sql query using case
but my table is not small.
and it take long time to get the result.
beacause in my case when one take reprt of 1/1/2009 to 30/1/2009
i must have to put condition in a loop with case.
and my query take long long time top execute..
Any other method to sole this time delay?
plsssssssssssssss