TSQL Pivot without aggregate function

Question

I have a table like this...

CustomerID   DBColumnName   Data
--------------------------------------
1            FirstName      Joe
1            MiddleName           


        

Answer 1

Here is a great way to build dynamic fields for a pivot query:

--summarize values to a tmp table

declare @STR varchar(1000)
SELECT  @STr =  COALESCE(@STr +', ', '') 
+ QUOTENAME(DateRange) 
from (select distinct DateRange, ID from ##pivot)d order by ID

---see the fields generated

print @STr

exec('  .... pivot code ...
pivot (avg(SalesAmt) for DateRange IN (' + @Str +')) AS P
order by Decile')