SQL Convert Rows To Columns

Question

I know this has been asked a few times before, but I can\'t find any solution that fits my example.

I currently have a table of user permissions to use certain pages

Answer 1

To easily transpose columns into rows with its names you should use XML. In my blog I was described this with example: Link

Answer 2

Build your table in @t:

declare @t as table (UserID int, pagename nvarchar(20), pageid int);
insert into @t values (1,'home',1),(1,'contacts',3),(3,'home',1),(2,'links',2);

Pivot it:

select UserID, 
    case when home is null then 0 else 1 end as home, 
    case when links is null then 0 else 1 end as links, 
    case when contacts is null then 0 else 1 end as contacts
from @t
pivot (
    max(pageid) for pagename in ([home],[links],[contacts])
) pivotT

UserID      home        links       contacts
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
1           1           0           1
2           0           1           0
3           1           0           0