#################

#################
##ROWS TO COLUMNS
#################
#################

+---+-----+----+----+----+----+
|id |month|col1|col2|col3|col4|
+---+-----+----+----+----+----+
|101|Jan |A |B |NULL|B |
+---+-----+----+----+----+----+
|102|feb |C |A |G |E |
+---+-----+----+----+----+----+

to

+----+---+---+
|desc|jan|feb|
+----+---+---+
|col1|A |C |
+----+---+---+
|col2|B |A |
+----+---+---+
|col3|0 |G |
+----+---+---+
|Col4|B |E |
+----+---+---+

1º
select id, month, col1 value, 'col1' descrip from yourtable
union all
select id, month, col2 value, 'col2' descrip from yourtable
union all
select id, month, col3 value, 'col3' descrip from yourtable
union all
select id, month, col4 value, 'col4' descrip from yourtable

Y OBTIENES:
| ID | MONTH | VALUE | DESCRIP |
----------------------------------
| 101 | Jan | A | col1 |
| 102 | feb | C | col1 |
| 101 | Jan | B | col2 |
| 102 | feb | A | col2 |
| 101 | Jan | (null) | col3 |
| 102 | feb | G | col3 |
| 101 | Jan | B | col4 |
| 102 | feb | E | col4 |

2º
IF o CASE...
select descrip,
max(case when month = 'jan' then value else 0 end) jan,
max(case when month = 'feb' then value else 0 end) feb
from
(
select id, month, col1 value, 'col1' descrip
from yourtable
union all
 select id, month, col2 value, 'col2' descrip
from yourtable
union all
select id, month, col3 value, 'col3' descrip
from yourtable
union all
select id, month, col4 value, 'col4' descrip
from yourtable
) src
group by descrip

#################
# COLUMNS TO ROWS
#################

+--------+----------+-----------+
| hostid | itemname | itemvalue |
+--------+----------+-----------+
| 1 | A | 10 |
| 1 | B | 3 |
| 2 | A | 9 |
| 2 | C | 40 |
+--------+----------+-----------+

to
+--------+------+------+------+
| hostid | A | B | C |
+--------+------+------+------+
| 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | 0 | 40 |
+--------+------+------+------+

SELECT
hostid,
sum( if( itemname = 'A', itemvalue, 0 ) ) AS A,
sum( if( itemname = 'B', itemvalue, 0 ) ) AS B,
sum( if( itemname = 'C', itemvalue, 0 ) ) AS C
FROM
bob
GROUP BY
hostid;