Sorting and Ranking

• SqlUser-369680

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  December 23, 2009 at 1:18 am

  #100702

  Hi,

  Any info on how to sort and rank 4 columns at the same time.

  I have 4 columns

  Select Salary, TransAllowance, HouseAllw, Cash from Payroll

  1st column should be asc - the first will get number 1 pts

  2nd column should be asc - 1 first will get number 1 pts

  2 will get 2 pnts

  last will get the last number of recound cnt

  3rd column should be desc - opposite of 1 and 2 columns

  4th column should be asc - same as 1st column

  Result :

  Record 1 1,000 (1pt) 500 (1pts) 2,000 (1 pts)

  Record 2 1,500 (2pt) 800 (2pts) 1,000 (2 pts)

  Thanks

  Dabuskol

• BrainDonor

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  December 23, 2009 at 1:37 am

  #1095825

  Hi,

  Could you post some sample data, along with the code you've tried so far, so we can help:

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/

  BrainDonor

  Edit to use hyperlink.

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• ChrisM@Work

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  December 23, 2009 at 2:46 am

  #1095836

  SqlUser-369680 (12/23/2009)

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  Hi,

  Any info on how to sort and rank 4 columns at the same time.

  I have 4 columns

  Select Salary, TransAllowance, HouseAllw, Cash from Payroll

  1st column should be asc - the first will get number 1 pts

  2nd column should be asc - 1 first will get number 1 pts

  2 will get 2 pnts

  last will get the last number of recound cnt

  3rd column should be desc - opposite of 1 and 2 columns

  4th column should be asc - same as 1st column

  Result :

  Record 1 1,000 (1pt) 500 (1pts) 2,000 (1 pts)

  Record 2 1,500 (2pt) 800 (2pts) 1,000 (2 pts)

  Thanks

  Dabuskol

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