Grouping table data into columns rather then rows

Question

Most of the time it makes sense to organize table data in rows. However right now I'm dealing with a table that compares data across several columns. Each column is a product, so I'd like to keep all product data grouped together.

<tr> 
  <td>Name</td>
  <td>Price</td>
  <td>Weight</td>
  <td>Height</td>
  <td>Compatibility</td>
  <td>Designer</td>
  <td>Manufacturer</td>
  <td>Age Requirement</td>
</tr>

Using the TR tag that row will run horizontally, is there a way to make it run vertically?

Update: I would like the table to display like regular html in this example:

<tr>  
  <td>Name</td> 
  <td>Name2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Price</td> 
  <td>Price2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Weight</td> 
  <td>Weight2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Height</td> 
  <td>Height2</td> 
</tr>  

However I would like to be able to code it by related content:

<tr>  
  <td>Name</td> 
  <td>Price</td> 
  <td>Weight</td> 
  <td>Height</td> 
</tr>  

<tr>  
  <td>Name</td> 
  <td>Price</td> 
  <td>Weight</td> 
  <td>Height</td> 
</tr> 

In other words, I want the table row tag (tr) to act like a column.

Answer 1

<tr>  
  <td>Name</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Price</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Weight</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Height</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Compatibility</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Designer</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Manufacturer</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Age Requirement</td> 
</tr> 

If you want another product beside it, you would do:

<tr>  
  <td>Name</td> 
  <td>Name2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Price</td> 
  <td>Price2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Weight</td> 
  <td>Weight2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Height</td> 
  <td>Height2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Compatibility</td> 
  <td>Compatibility2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Designer</td> 
  <td>Designer2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Manufacturer</td> 
  <td>Manufacturer2</td> 
</tr>  
<tr>  
  <td>Age Requirement</td> 
  <td>Age Requirement2</td> 
</tr> 

Answer 2

Have you tried pivoting your data first? If you pivot your data first then you don't have to alter the way your html is output.