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

This is not exactly what you are looking for, but it might be a step in the right direction.

SELECT 
     Table1.memberIDs, 
     Table1.firstname, 
     Table1.lastnames, 
     Table2.programIDs, 
     Table3.description 
FROM 
     Table1, 
     Table2, 
     Table3 
WHERE 
     Table1.memberIDs = Table2.memberIDs AND 
     Table2.programIDs = Table3.programID