Putting Data Table into 2 columns - sql-server

Question

I have a table that contains photos. One photo and its description in each record. I want to create a temp table that has two photos/descriptions per record. So, I need to create a report that has photos displayed in two columns.
This is what I have:
1 Photo1, Description1
2 Photo2, Description2
3 Photo3, Description3
4 Photo4, Description4
Here is what I am expecting:
Photo1, Description1, Photo2, Description2
Photo3, Description3, Photo4, Description4
How can I get there using a stored procedure in SQL Server 2012?

Answer 1

You could use Modulo like #Sean Lange mentioned, but you will want to join back to your table something like this:
;WITH NumberedPhotos
AS (
SELECT photo_name
,photo_desc
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
ORDER BY Photo_ID
) AS RowNum
FROM photo_info
)
SELECT
t.photo_name
,t.photo_desc
,n.photo_name
,n.photo_desc
FROM NumberedPhotos n
LEFT JOIN NumberedPhotos AS t ON n.rownum = t.rownum + 1
WHERE n.rownum % 2 = 0;
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Answer 2

You didn't provide a lot of details here but here is a possibility. The first cte adds a row number to every row so we can ensure we have a consistent numbering pattern. Then we have a cte to retrieve the odd numbers followed by another cte to get the even numbers. Then we just join them together.
with NumberedPhotos as
(
select Photo
, Description
, ROW_NUMBER() over(order by PhotoID) as RowNum
from SomeTable
)
, OddNumbers as
(
select Photo
, Description
, RowNum
from NumberedPhotos
where RowNum % 2 = 1
)
, EvenNumbers as
(
select Photo
, Description
, RowNum
from NumberedPhotos
where RowNum % 2 = 0
)
select o.Photo
, o.Description
, e.Photo
, e.Description
from OddNumbers o
left join EvenNumbers e on o.RowNum = e.RowNum - 1