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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') ; select Firstname, Amount, PostalCode from ( select value, columnname from #yourtable ) d pivot ( max(value) for columnname in (Firstname, Amount, PostalCode) ) piv;