SQL Select 'n' records without a Table

Question

Is there a way of selecting a specific number of rows without creating a table. e.g. if i use the following:

SELECT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
         


        

Answer 1

Using PIVOT (for some cases it would be overkill)

DECLARE @Items TABLE(a int, b int, c int, d int, e int); 

INSERT INTO @Items
VALUES(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

SELECT Items 
FROM @Items as p 
UNPIVOT     
(Items FOR Seq IN          
([a], [b], [c], [d], [e]) ) AS unpvt