• even easier 😉

    DECLARE @table TABLE

    (

    [Key] VARCHAR(50),

    Value VARCHAR(50)

    )

    INSERT INTO @table

    SELECT 'firstname', 'surya'

    UNION ALL SELECT 'firstname', 'rakhi'

    UNION ALL SELECT 'firstname', 'venkat'

    UNION ALL SELECT 'firstname', 'shankar'

    UNION ALL SELECT 'firstname', 'dany'

    SELECT

    [value] AS FirstName

    FROM

    @table

    ORDER BY

    [Value]