How to order the records

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How to order the records

kiran.rajenimbalkar

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December 7, 2015 at 4:01 am

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Hi Sir,
I would like to sort my some records using order by clause.
CREATE TABLE abc_sort
(ID1 int,
name nvarchar(150),
ID2 int,
IDNUMBER INT,
DATE DATE
)
INSERT INTO abc_sort VALUES(201963,'Office',4900406,2,'1996-07-01');
INSERT INTO abc_sort VALUES(901191,'Office',5308672,2,'2009-08-20');
INSERT INTO abc_sort VALUES(4553448,'School',901191,1,NULL);
INSERT INTO abc_sort VALUES(4595764,'School',201963,1,NULL);
INSERT INTO abc_sort VALUES(8260430,'Office',5355020,2,'1999-01-01');
INSERT INTO abc_sort VALUES(8483620,'School',8260430,1,'1981-04-22');
Request you please help me how to order by my records as like below example
ID1nameID2IDNUMBERDATE
201963Office490040621996-07-01
4595764School2019631NULL
901191Office530867222009-08-20
4553448School9011911NULL
8260430Office535502021999-01-01
8483620School826043011981-04-22

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

What's the logic there? What is it that defines that the first row listed there must come first?

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Jacob Wilkins One Orange Chip Points: 27976 More actions · Answer 2

Perhaps this?

SELECT*

FROMdbo.abc_sort

ORDER BYCASE

WHEN IDNUMBER = 2 THEN ID1

ELSE ID2

END,

name ASC

--IDNUMBER DESC also works for the secondary sort in the sample data

;

The logic seems strange to me, but that seems to be the logic underlying your desired order in this sample data.

Cheers!

kiran.rajenimbalkar SSCrazy Points: 2603 More actions · Answer 3

Thanks Sir its worked for me thanks for your help 🙂