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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Identify the columns in the ORDER BY clause by the ordinal position of the column in the SELECT list==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE employee  (emp_no    INTEGER NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;                         emp_fname CHAR(20) NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;                         emp_lname CHAR(20) NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt;                         dept_no   CHAR(4) NULL)&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee values(1,  &amp;quot;Matthew&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d3&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; insert into employee values(2,  &amp;quot;Ann&amp;quot;,     &amp;quot;Jones&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d3&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; insert into employee values(3,  &amp;quot;John&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Barrimore&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;d1&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; insert into employee values(4,  &amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d2&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; insert into employee values(5,  &amp;quot;Elsa&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Bertoni&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;d2&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt; insert into employee values(6,  &amp;quot;Elke&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Hansel&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;d2&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt; insert into employee values(7,  &amp;quot;Sybill&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Moser&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d1&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; select * from employee&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
emp_no      emp_fname            emp_lname            dept_no&lt;br /&gt;
----------- -------------------- -------------------- -------&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Matthew              Smith                d3&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Ann                  Jones                d3&lt;br /&gt;
          3 John                 Barrimore            d1&lt;br /&gt;
          4 James                James                d2&lt;br /&gt;
          5 Elsa                 Bertoni              d2&lt;br /&gt;
          6 Elke                 Hansel               d2&lt;br /&gt;
          7 Sybill               Moser                d1&lt;br /&gt;
(7 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; -- Identify the columns in the ORDER BY clause by the ordinal position of &lt;br /&gt;
the column in the SELECT list.&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; SELECT emp_fname, emp_lname, dept_no FROM employee WHERE emp_no &amp;lt; 20000&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; ORDER BY 2, 1&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
emp_fname            emp_lname            dept_no&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------- -------------------- -------&lt;br /&gt;
John                 Barrimore            d1&lt;br /&gt;
Elsa                 Bertoni              d2&lt;br /&gt;
Elke                 Hansel               d2&lt;br /&gt;
James                James                d2&lt;br /&gt;
Ann                  Jones                d3&lt;br /&gt;
Sybill               Moser                d1&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew              Smith                d3&lt;br /&gt;
(7 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; drop table employee&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
           &lt;br /&gt;
       &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Order by two columns==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; create table employee(&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;     ID          int,&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;     name        nvarchar (10),&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt;     salary      int,&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt;     start_date  datetime,&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt;     city        nvarchar (10),&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt;     region      char (1))&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;               values (1,  &amp;quot;Jason&amp;quot;, 40420,  &amp;quot;02/01/94&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;W&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (2,  &amp;quot;Robert&amp;quot;,14420,  &amp;quot;01/02/95&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;N&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (3,  &amp;quot;Celia&amp;quot;, 24020,  &amp;quot;12/03/96&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;W&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (4,  &amp;quot;Linda&amp;quot;, 40620,  &amp;quot;11/04/97&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;N&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (5,  &amp;quot;David&amp;quot;, 80026,  &amp;quot;10/05/98&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;W&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (6,  &amp;quot;James&amp;quot;, 70060,  &amp;quot;09/06/99&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;N&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (7,  &amp;quot;Alison&amp;quot;,90620,  &amp;quot;08/07/00&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;W&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (8,  &amp;quot;Chris&amp;quot;, 26020,  &amp;quot;07/08/01&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;N&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;               values (9,  &amp;quot;Mary&amp;quot;,  60020,  &amp;quot;06/09/02&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;W&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; select * from employee&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
ID          name       salary      start_date              city       region&lt;br /&gt;
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Jason            40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York   W&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Robert           14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N&lt;br /&gt;
          3 Celia            24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto    W&lt;br /&gt;
          4 Linda            40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York   N&lt;br /&gt;
          5 David            80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  W&lt;br /&gt;
          6 James            70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto    N&lt;br /&gt;
          7 Alison           90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York   W&lt;br /&gt;
          8 Chris            26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N&lt;br /&gt;
          9 Mary             60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto    W&lt;br /&gt;
(9 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; SELECT Name, City&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; FROM Employee ORDER BY Name, City&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
Name       City&lt;br /&gt;
---------- ----------&lt;br /&gt;
Alison     New York&lt;br /&gt;
Celia      Toronto&lt;br /&gt;
Chris      Vancouver&lt;br /&gt;
David      Vancouver&lt;br /&gt;
James      Toronto&lt;br /&gt;
Jason      New York&lt;br /&gt;
Linda      New York&lt;br /&gt;
Mary       Toronto&lt;br /&gt;
Robert     Vancouver&lt;br /&gt;
(9 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; drop table employee&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
           &lt;br /&gt;
       &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Order criterion may contain more than one column==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE employee  (emp_no    INTEGER NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;                         emp_fname CHAR(20) NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;                         emp_lname CHAR(20) NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt;                         dept_no   CHAR(4) NULL)&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; insert into employee values(1,  &amp;quot;Matthew&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d3&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; insert into employee values(2,  &amp;quot;Ann&amp;quot;,     &amp;quot;Jones&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d3&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; insert into employee values(3,  &amp;quot;John&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Barrimore&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;d1&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; insert into employee values(4,  &amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d2&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; insert into employee values(5,  &amp;quot;Elsa&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Bertoni&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;d2&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt; insert into employee values(6,  &amp;quot;Elke&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Hansel&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;d2&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt; insert into employee values(7,  &amp;quot;Sybill&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Moser&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;d1&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; select * from employee&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
emp_no      emp_fname            emp_lname            dept_no&lt;br /&gt;
----------- -------------------- -------------------- -------&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Matthew              Smith                d3&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Ann                  Jones                d3&lt;br /&gt;
          3 John                 Barrimore            d1&lt;br /&gt;
          4 James                James                d2&lt;br /&gt;
          5 Elsa                 Bertoni              d2&lt;br /&gt;
          6 Elke                 Hansel               d2&lt;br /&gt;
          7 Sybill               Moser                d1&lt;br /&gt;
(7 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; -- Order criterion may contain more than one column.&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; SELECT emp_fname, emp_lname, dept_no FROM employee WHERE emp_no &amp;lt; 20000&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; ORDER BY emp_lname, emp_fname&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
emp_fname            emp_lname            dept_no&lt;br /&gt;
-------------------- -------------------- -------&lt;br /&gt;
John                 Barrimore            d1&lt;br /&gt;
Elsa                 Bertoni              d2&lt;br /&gt;
Elke                 Hansel               d2&lt;br /&gt;
James                James                d2&lt;br /&gt;
Ann                  Jones                d3&lt;br /&gt;
Sybill               Moser                d1&lt;br /&gt;
Matthew              Smith                d3&lt;br /&gt;
(7 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; drop table employee&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
           &lt;br /&gt;
       &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Using a CASE Expression in an ORDER BY Clause==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE employee(&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt;    id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt;    first_name  VARCHAR(10),&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt;    last_name   VARCHAR(10),&lt;br /&gt;
9&amp;gt;    salary      DECIMAL(10,2),&lt;br /&gt;
10&amp;gt;    start_Date  DATETIME,&lt;br /&gt;
11&amp;gt;    region      VARCHAR(10),&lt;br /&gt;
12&amp;gt;    city        VARCHAR(20),&lt;br /&gt;
13&amp;gt;    managerid   INTEGER&lt;br /&gt;
14&amp;gt; );&lt;br /&gt;
15&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, &amp;quot;Jason&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Martin&amp;quot;, 5890,&amp;quot;2005-03-22&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;North&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,3);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, &amp;quot;Alison&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Mathews&amp;quot;,4789,&amp;quot;2003-07-21&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;South&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Utown&amp;quot;,4);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, &amp;quot;James&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,  6678,&amp;quot;2001-12-01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;North&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Paris&amp;quot;,5);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, &amp;quot;Celia&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Rice&amp;quot;,   5567,&amp;quot;2006-03-03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;South&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;London&amp;quot;,6);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, &amp;quot;Robert&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Black&amp;quot;,  4467,&amp;quot;2004-07-02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;East&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Newton&amp;quot;,7);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, &amp;quot;Linda&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Green&amp;quot; , 6456,&amp;quot;2002-05-19&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;East&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Calgary&amp;quot;,8);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, &amp;quot;David&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Larry&amp;quot;,  5345,&amp;quot;2008-03-18&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;West&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,9);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, &amp;quot;James&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Cat&amp;quot;,    4234,&amp;quot;2007-07-17&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;West&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Regina&amp;quot;,9);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, &amp;quot;Joan&amp;quot;  ,  &amp;quot;Act&amp;quot;,    6123,&amp;quot;2001-04-16&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;North&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,10);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; select * from employee;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
id          first_name last_name  salary       start_Date              region     city                 managerid&lt;br /&gt;
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- -------------------- -----------&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Jason      Martin          5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North      Vancouver                      3&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Alison     Mathews         4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South      Utown                          4&lt;br /&gt;
          3 James      Smith           6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North      Paris                          5&lt;br /&gt;
          4 Celia      Rice            5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South      London                         6&lt;br /&gt;
          5 Robert     Black           4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East       Newton                         7&lt;br /&gt;
          6 Linda      Green           6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East       Calgary                        8&lt;br /&gt;
          7 David      Larry           5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West       New York                       9&lt;br /&gt;
          8 James      Cat             4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West       Regina                         9&lt;br /&gt;
          9 Joan       Act             6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North      Toronto                       10&lt;br /&gt;
(9 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; SELECT&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt;   *&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt; FROM&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt;     Employee&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt; ORDER BY&lt;br /&gt;
9&amp;gt;   CASE City&lt;br /&gt;
10&amp;gt;     WHEN &amp;quot;New York&amp;quot; THEN char (1)&lt;br /&gt;
11&amp;gt;     WHEN &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot; THEN char (2)&lt;br /&gt;
12&amp;gt;     WHEN &amp;quot;Mexico&amp;quot; THEN char (3)&lt;br /&gt;
13&amp;gt;     ELSE City&lt;br /&gt;
14&amp;gt;   END&lt;br /&gt;
15&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
id          first_name last_name  salary       start_Date              region     city                 managerid&lt;br /&gt;
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- -------------------- -----------&lt;br /&gt;
          7 David      Larry           5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West       New York                       9&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Jason      Martin          5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North      Vancouver                      3&lt;br /&gt;
          6 Linda      Green           6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East       Calgary                        8&lt;br /&gt;
          4 Celia      Rice            5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South      London                         6&lt;br /&gt;
          5 Robert     Black           4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East       Newton                         7&lt;br /&gt;
          3 James      Smith           6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North      Paris                          5&lt;br /&gt;
          8 James      Cat             4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West       Regina                         9&lt;br /&gt;
          9 Joan       Act             6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North      Toronto                       10&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Alison     Mathews         4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South      Utown                          4&lt;br /&gt;
(9 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; drop table employee;&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
==Using a CASE Expression in an ORDER BY Clause (Alternative)==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE employee(&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt;    id          INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt;    first_name  VARCHAR(10),&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt;    last_name   VARCHAR(10),&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt;    salary      DECIMAL(10,2),&lt;br /&gt;
9&amp;gt;    start_Date  DATETIME,&lt;br /&gt;
10&amp;gt;    region      VARCHAR(10),&lt;br /&gt;
11&amp;gt;    city        VARCHAR(20),&lt;br /&gt;
12&amp;gt;    managerid   INTEGER&lt;br /&gt;
13&amp;gt; );&lt;br /&gt;
14&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, &amp;quot;Jason&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Martin&amp;quot;, 5890,&amp;quot;2005-03-22&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;North&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,3);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, &amp;quot;Alison&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Mathews&amp;quot;,4789,&amp;quot;2003-07-21&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;South&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Utown&amp;quot;,4);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, &amp;quot;James&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,  6678,&amp;quot;2001-12-01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;North&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Paris&amp;quot;,5);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, &amp;quot;Celia&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Rice&amp;quot;,   5567,&amp;quot;2006-03-03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;South&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;London&amp;quot;,6);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, &amp;quot;Robert&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Black&amp;quot;,  4467,&amp;quot;2004-07-02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;East&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Newton&amp;quot;,7);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, &amp;quot;Linda&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Green&amp;quot; , 6456,&amp;quot;2002-05-19&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;East&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Calgary&amp;quot;,8);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, &amp;quot;David&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Larry&amp;quot;,  5345,&amp;quot;2008-03-18&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;West&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,9);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, &amp;quot;James&amp;quot; ,  &amp;quot;Cat&amp;quot;,    4234,&amp;quot;2007-07-17&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;West&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Regina&amp;quot;,9);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, &amp;quot;Joan&amp;quot;  ,  &amp;quot;Act&amp;quot;,    6123,&amp;quot;2001-04-16&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;North&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,10);&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
(1 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; select * from employee;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
id          first_name last_name  salary       start_Date              region     city                 managerid&lt;br /&gt;
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- -------------------- -----------&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Jason      Martin          5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North      Vancouver                      3&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Alison     Mathews         4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South      Utown                          4&lt;br /&gt;
          3 James      Smith           6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North      Paris                          5&lt;br /&gt;
          4 Celia      Rice            5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South      London                         6&lt;br /&gt;
          5 Robert     Black           4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East       Newton                         7&lt;br /&gt;
          6 Linda      Green           6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East       Calgary                        8&lt;br /&gt;
          7 David      Larry           5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West       New York                       9&lt;br /&gt;
          8 James      Cat             4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West       Regina                         9&lt;br /&gt;
          9 Joan       Act             6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North      Toronto                       10&lt;br /&gt;
(9 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; SELECT&lt;br /&gt;
4&amp;gt;   *&lt;br /&gt;
5&amp;gt; FROM&lt;br /&gt;
6&amp;gt;   Employee&lt;br /&gt;
7&amp;gt; ORDER BY&lt;br /&gt;
8&amp;gt;   CASE City&lt;br /&gt;
9&amp;gt;     WHEN &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot; THEN 1&lt;br /&gt;
10&amp;gt;     WHEN &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;    THEN 2&lt;br /&gt;
11&amp;gt;     WHEN &amp;quot;Mexico&amp;quot; THEN 3&lt;br /&gt;
12&amp;gt;     ELSE               4&lt;br /&gt;
13&amp;gt;   END,     -- Dummy NAFTA Region&lt;br /&gt;
14&amp;gt;   City,&lt;br /&gt;
15&amp;gt;   Region&lt;br /&gt;
16&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
id          first_name last_name  salary       start_Date              region     city                 managerid&lt;br /&gt;
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- -------------------- -----------&lt;br /&gt;
          1 Jason      Martin          5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North      Vancouver                      3&lt;br /&gt;
          9 Joan       Act             6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North      Toronto                       10&lt;br /&gt;
          6 Linda      Green           6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East       Calgary                        8&lt;br /&gt;
          4 Celia      Rice            5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South      London                         6&lt;br /&gt;
          7 David      Larry           5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West       New York                       9&lt;br /&gt;
          5 Robert     Black           4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East       Newton                         7&lt;br /&gt;
          3 James      Smith           6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North      Paris                          5&lt;br /&gt;
          8 James      Cat             4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West       Regina                         9&lt;br /&gt;
          2 Alison     Mathews         4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South      Utown                          4&lt;br /&gt;
(9 rows affected)&lt;br /&gt;
1&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2&amp;gt; drop table employee;&lt;br /&gt;
3&amp;gt; GO&lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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