simple(?) PIVOT without an aggregate

Question

Pivots, man...I\'m just missing it. Maybe it\'s because I\'m not doing an aggregate. Heck, maybe a pivot isn\'t the way to do this. It feels like it should be simple, but it\'s

Answer 1

You can implement the PIVOT operator:

select [1] as field1,
  [2] as field2
from
(
  select col1, row_number() Over(order by col1) rn
  from yourtable
) src
pivot
(
  max(col1)
  for rn in ([1], [2])
) piv

See SQL Fiddle with Demo