T-SQL Transposing column headers into Rows - sql-server

Question

I want to transpose my table.
I have simple 'Person' table as shown below.
+---+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+
|ID | Person | BirthDate | Phone | Email |
+---+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+
| 1 | Tom | 1985-11-08 | 1111111111 | tom#somedomain.com |
+---+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+
| 2 | Dick | 1982-02-24 | 2222222222 | dick#otherdomain.com |
+---+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+
| 3 | Harry | 1986-04-17 | 3333333333 | harry#thatdomain.com |
+---+----------+------------+------------+----------------------+
And I want this table to be transposed like below.
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| Key | Value1 | Value2 | Value3 |
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| ID | 1 | 2 | 3 |
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| Person | Tom | Dick | Harry |
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| BirthDate | 1985-11-08 | 1982-02-24 | 1986-04-17 |
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| Phone | 1111111111 | 2222222222 | 3333333333 |
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| Email | tom#somedomain.com | dick#otherdomain.com | harry#thatdomain.com |
+-----------+--------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
I am using MS SQL server 2008 R2.

Answer 1

Try this.. First u need to unpivot the columns using Cross apply to get the data in single row. Then pivot that row to get the result.
CREATE TABLE #tt
(ID INT,Person VARCHAR(50),BirthDate DATE,
Phone BIGINT,Email VARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO #tt
VALUES (1,'Tom','1985-11-08',1111111111,'tom#somedomain.com' ),
( 2,'Dick','1982-02-24',2222222222,'dick#otherdomain.com'),
( 3,'Harry ','1986-04-17',3333333333,'harry#thatdomain.com' )
SELECT [key],
Max([value1]) [value1],
Max([value2]) [value2],
Max([value3]) [value3]
FROM (SELECT 'value' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(30), id) valued,
*
FROM #tt
CROSS apply (VALUES ('ID',
CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), ID)),
('Person',Person),
('BirthDate',CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), BirthDate)),
('Phone',CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), Phone)),
('Email',Email)) cp ([key], data))a
PIVOT (Max(data)
FOR valued IN([value1],[value2],[value3])) piv
GROUP BY [key]
DYNAMIC VERSION
Declare #cols varchar(max)='',#aggcols varchar(max)='',#sql nvarchar(max)
SELECT #cols+= ',value' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(30), id)
FROM #tt
SELECT #aggcols+= ',max([value' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(30), id) +']) value' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(30), id)
FROM #tt
select #cols= right(#cols,LEN(#cols)-1)
select #aggcols =right(#aggcols,LEN(#aggcols)-1)
set #sql = 'SELECT [key],
'+#aggcols+'
FROM (SELECT ''value'' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(30), id) valued,
*
FROM #tt
CROSS apply (VALUES (''ID'',CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), ID)),
(''Person'',Person),
(''BirthDate'',CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), BirthDate)),
(''Phone'',CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), Phone)),
(''Email'',Email)) cp ([key], data))a
PIVOT (Max(data)
FOR valued IN('+#cols+')) piv
GROUP BY [key] '
execute sp_executesql #sql
OUTPUT
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|key | value1 | value2 | value3 |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|BirthDate | 1985-11-08 | 1982-02-24 | 1986-04-17 |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|Email | tom#somedomain.com |dick#otherdomain.com | harry#thatdomain.com |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|ID | 1 | 2 | 3 |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|Person | Tom | Dick | Harry |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+
|Phone | 1111111111 | 2222222222 | 3333333333 |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------------+