Transform row in column in a table - sql-server

Question

I am trying to rotate the visualization of a table showing the lines as columns without any kind of aggregation.
Suppose I have this table
create table user
id int,
name nvarchar(100),
company nvarchar(100),
division nvarchar(100),
city nvarchar(100)
that can be retrieved with this select
select name,company division, city from user order by id
wich gives me this result
john Company1 division1 City1
Peter Company2 division2 City2
Mary Company3 division3 City3
.
.
but what I need is to show each line as a column and the first column with the name of the field like this
Name john Peter Mary ....
Company Company1 Company2 Company3 ....
Division division1 division2 division3 ....
City City1 City2 City3 ....
How can I accomplish this? I Tried using this unpivot
select col,value
from
(select cast(name as varchar) as name,
cast(Company as varchar) as company,
cast(Division as varchar) as division
cast(City as varchar) as city
from user) p
unpivot
(value for col in (name,company,division,city)) as unpvt
but this is what I got (Note: I want all the names in the same row)
name john
Company Company1
Division division1
City City1
name peter // this should be in the first row as a second column
Company Company2
Division division2
City City2
...

Answer 1

This is super ugly, but it's the only way I could figure out how to do what you want solely in SQL Server. If you copy and paste the code it should run and give you results and leave your database clean. I use a couple permanent tables to work around some dynamic sql scoping limitations, but I drop them both before it's done.
If Object_ID('tempdb..#userInfo') Is Not Null Drop Table #userInfo
Create Table #userInfo (id Int, name Varchar(100), company Varchar(100), division Varchar(100), city Varchar(100))
Insert #userInfo (id, name, company, division, city)
Values (1, 'john','company1', 'division1', 'city1'),
(2, 'peter','company2', 'division2', 'city2'),
(3, 'mary','company3', 'division3', 'city3'),
(4, 'timmy','company4', 'division4', 'city4'),
(5, 'nancy','company5', 'division5', 'city5'),
(6, 'james','company6', 'division6', 'city6'),
(7, 'brandon','company7', 'division7', 'city7'),
(8, 'jay','company8', 'division8', 'city8')
If Object_ID('tempdb..#unPivoted') Is Not Null Drop Table #unPivoted
Create Table #unPivoted (id Int, rid Int, col Varchar(100), value Varchar(100))
Insert #unPivoted
Select id, Row_Number() Over (Partition By id Order By value) As rID, col, value
From #userInfo p
Unpivot (value For col In (name, company, division, city)) As u
If Object_ID('dbo.TempQueryOutput') Is Not Null Drop Table dbo.TempQueryOutput
Select 1 As OrderCol,'City' As ColName Into dbo.TempQueryOutput
Union
Select 2,'Company'
Union
Select 3,'Division'
Union
Select 4,'Name'
Declare #sql Nvarchar(Max),
#maxID Int,
#loopIter Int = 1
Select #maxID = Max(id)
From #userInfo
While #loopIter <= #maxID
Begin
Set #sql = 'Select o.*, u.value As Col' + Convert(Nvarchar(100),#loopIter) + ' Into dbo.TempQueryTable
From dbo.TempQueryOutput o
Join #unPivoted u
On o.OrderCol = u.rid
And u.id = ' + Convert(Nvarchar(100),#loopIter)
Exec sp_executeSQL #sql
If Object_ID('dbo.TempQueryOutput') Is Not Null Drop Table dbo.TempQueryOutput
Select * Into dbo.TempQueryOutput
From dbo.TempQueryTable
If Object_ID('dbo.TempQueryTable') Is Not Null Drop Table dbo.TempQueryTable
Set #loopIter = #loopIter + 1
End
Update dbo.TempQueryOutput
Set OrderCol = Case
When ColName = 'Name' Then 1
When ColName = 'Company' Then 2
When ColName = 'Division' Then 3
When ColName = 'City' Then 4
End
Select *
From dbo.TempQueryOutput
Order By OrderCol
If Object_ID('dbo.TempQueryOutput') Is Not Null Drop Table dbo.TempQueryOutput