SQL Server 2000 - How do I rotate the results of a join in the final results of a query?

My database is quite complex so I've simplified my problem down to the tables below.

TableA and TableB are related by the NameID field in TableB. I am trying to create a SQL statement to produce the desired results. I'm understand JOINs and how they work but I can't fogure this out.

There will never be more than开发者_高级运维 2 items in TableB for each item in TableA. There could be less than 2 items.

This will be used on a SQL Server 2000 server.

TableA

ID | Name
---+-----
 1 | John
 2 | Jane
 3 | Bob
 4 | Doug

TableB

ID | NameID | Information
---+--------+------------
 1 |    1   | Apples
 2 |    1   | Apples
 3 |    2   | Pears
 4 |    2   | Grapes
 5 |    3   | Kiwi

Desired Result

ID | Name | InformationA | InformationB
---+------+--------------+-------------
 1 | John | Apples       | Apples
 2 | Jane | Pears        | Grapes
 3 | Bob  | Kiwi         | NULL
 4 | Doug | NULL         | NULL

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(Edited to give the preferred ordering for the two columns)

SELECT a.Id,
       a.Name,
       STUFF(MIN(STR(b.Id, 10) + b.Information), 1, 10, '') AS InformationA,
       CASE
         WHEN COUNT(b.Id) = 2 THEN STUFF(MAX(STR(b.Id, 10) +
                                   b.Information), 1, 10, '')
       END                                                  AS InformationB
FROM   TableA a
       LEFT JOIN TableB b
         ON a.Id = b.NameId
GROUP  BY a.Id,
          a.Name  

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I think what you need to do is a pivot. Take a look and see if that suits your needs.