Can a MySQL query turn rows into columns?

Question

I have a number of tables I am trying to combine with joins but as such, the results are returned in a number of rows whereas I would like to have them generated as new colu

Answer 1

I'm not sure how the OP transformed from having programID and Status to how it is now, but the closest thing I would be able to get is (which does not require pivot tables):

SELECT t1.MemberID,
    t1.FirstName,
    t1.LastName,
    concat(t2.FirstName, ' ', t2.LastName) as Spouse_Name,
    group_concat(concat(t3.FirstName, ' ', t3.LastName) ORDER BY t3.FirstName) as Children_names
FROM member_information t1
    LEFT JOIN member_dependent_information t2 ON (t1.MemberID=t2.MemberID AND t2.Type=1)
    LEFT JOIN member_dependent_information t3 ON (t1.MemberID=t3.MemberID and t3.Type=2)
GROUP BY MemberID;

Which produces:

+----------+-----------+----------+----------------+-----------------------------+
| MemberID | FirstName | LastName | Spouse_Name    | Children_names              |
+----------+-----------+----------+----------------+-----------------------------+
|        1 | John      | Harris   | Amy Harris     | NULL                        |
|        2 | Sarah     | Thompson | Bryan Thompson | Dewey Thompson,Tom Thompson |
|        3 | Zack      | Lewis    | Minka Lewis    | Harry Lewis                 |
+----------+-----------+----------+----------------+-----------------------------+

and it would be "easy" with any programming language to extract that Children_names into separate columns.