SQL displaying results as columns from rows - sql

Question

SQL Noob here.
I realize that many variations to this question have been asked but none seems to work or be fully applicable to my annoying situation, ie. I dont think PIVOT would work for what I require. I cant fathom the necessary words to google what I need efficiently.
I have the following query:
Select w.WORKORDERID, y.Answer
From
[SD].[dbo].[WORKORDERSTATES] w
LEFT JOIN [SD].[dbo].[WO_RESOURCES] x
ON w.workorderid = x.woid
Full Outer Join [SD].[dbo].ResourcesQAMapping y
ON x.UID = y.MAPPINGID
WHERE w.APPR_STATUSID = '2'
AND w.STATUSID = '1'
AND w.REOPENED = 'false'
It will bring back the following result:
+-----------+---------------------+
| WORKORDER | Answer |
+-----------+---------------------+
| 55693 | Brad Pitt |
| 55693 | brad.pitt#mycom.com |
| 55693 | Location |
| 55693 | NULL |
| 55693 | george |
+-----------+---------------------+
I would like all rows related to the value 55693 to output as columns like below:
+-----------+-----------+---------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| WORKORDER | VALUE1 | VALUE2 | VALUE3 | VALUE4 | VALUE5 |
+-----------+-----------+---------------------+----------+--------+--------+
| 55693 | Brad Pitt | brad.pitt#mycom.com | Location | NULL | george |
+-----------+-----------+---------------------+----------+--------+--------+
There will always be the same amount of values, and I am almost sure that the solution involves creating a temporary table but I cant get it to work any which way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

If you always have the same number of values (5) you can use a static PIVOT, otherwise you need a dynamic TSQL statement with PIVOT.
In both cases you'll need to add a column to guarantee rows/columns ordering otherwise there is no guarantee that you'll see the correct value in each column.
Here is a sample query thet uses a static PIVOT on 5 values (but remember to add a column to properly order the data replacing ORDER BY WORKORDER with ORDER BY YOUR_COLUMN_NAME):
declare #tmp table (WORKORDER int, Answer varchar(50))
insert into #tmp values
(55693, 'Brad Pitt')
,(55693, 'brad.pitt#mycom.com')
,(55693, 'Location')
,(55693, 'NULL')
,(55693, 'george')
select * from
(
select
WORKORDER,
Answer,
CONCAT('VALUE', ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY WORKORDER ORDER BY WORKORDER)) AS COL
from #tmp
) as src
pivot
(
max(Answer) for COL in ([VALUE1], [VALUE2], [VALUE3], [VALUE4], [VALUE5])
)
as pvt
Results:

Answer 2

Try to select another column that has different values as answer column and try to run pivot and that will work