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CREATE table #yourtable ([Id] int, [Value] varchar(6), [ColumnName] varchar(13)) ; INSERT INTO #yourtable ([Id], [Value], [ColumnName]) VALUES (1, 'John', 'FirstName'), (2, '2.4', 'Amount'), (3, 'ZH1E4A', 'PostalCode'), (4, 'Fork', 'LastName'), (5, '857685', 'AccountNumber') ; DECLARE @cols AS NVARCHAR(MAX), @query AS NVARCHAR(MAX) select @cols = STUFF((SELECT ',' + QUOTENAME(ColumnName) from #yourtable group by ColumnName, id order by id FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE ).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') ,1,1,'') set @query = N'SELECT ' + @cols + N' from ( select value, ColumnName from #yourtable ) x pivot ( max(value) for ColumnName in (' + @cols + N') ) p ' exec sp_executesql @query;