SQL Server/T-SQL/Select Query/Order
Содержание
- 1 Distinct order
- 2 In an ascending order
- 3 Order by date
- 4 ORDER BY is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and ommon table expressions, unless TOP or FOR XML is specified
- 5 Order in descending order
- 6 Order string/char value descending
- 7 Order the result set by ascending order
- 8 Put the DESC in the first item in order by clause
- 9 Put the sort direction against each item in the ORDER BY clause
- 10 Use the ORDER BY clause
- 11 Using Order By clause to order result
Distinct order
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> SELECT DISTINCT Region FROM Employee ORDER BY Region 3> GO Region
N W (2 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
</source>
In an ascending order
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> SELECT Name 4> FROM Employee ORDER BY Name ASC 5> GO Name
Alison Celia Chris David James Jason Linda Mary Robert (9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> 5> drop table employee 6> GO 1>
</source>
Order by date
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> SELECT Name, Salary 4> FROM Employee 5> ORDER BY Start_Date 6> GO Name Salary
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Jason 40420 Robert 14420 Celia 24020 Linda 40620 David 80026 James 70060 Alison 90620 Chris 26020 Mary 60020 (9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> 5> drop table employee 6> GO 1>
</source>
ORDER BY is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and ommon table expressions, unless TOP or FOR XML is specified
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> -- Ordering Rows 3> 4> 5> -- The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, 6> -- subqueries, and common table expressions, unless TOP or FOR XML is also specified. 7> 8> 9> CREATE VIEW MyView 10> AS 11> SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT ID, Name, Salary 12> FROM Employee 13> ORDER BY Name 14> GO 1> 2> select * from myview 3> GO ID Name Salary
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1 Jason 40420 2 Robert 14420 3 Celia 24020 4 Linda 40620 5 David 80026 6 James 70060 7 Alison 90620 8 Chris 26020 9 Mary 60020
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop view myview 3> drop table employee 4> GO 1>
</source>
Order in descending order
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> Select * 4> FROM Employee 5> WHERE salary > 2000 AND Salary < 50000 6> ORDER BY salary DESC 7> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
(5 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
</source>
Order string/char value descending
<source lang="sql">
4> 5> create table employee( 6> ID int, 7> name nvarchar (10), 8> salary int, 9> start_date datetime, 10> city nvarchar (10), 11> region char (1)) 12> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> -- Order string/char value descending 3> SELECT Name 4> FROM Employee 5> ORDER BY Name DESC 6> GO Name
Robert Mary Linda Jason James David Chris Celia Alison (9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
</source>
Order the result set by ascending order
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> SELECT Name, Salary 3> FROM Employee 4> ORDER BY Name 5> GO Name Salary
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Alison 90620 Celia 24020 Chris 26020 David 80026 James 70060 Jason 40420 Linda 40620 Mary 60020 Robert 14420 (9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> 5> drop table employee 6> GO 1>
</source>
Put the DESC in the first item in order by clause
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> -- Put the DESC in the first item in order by clause 3> SELECT * 4> FROM Employee 5> ORDER BY Name DESC, City 6> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
</source>
Put the sort direction against each item in the ORDER BY clause
<source lang="sql">
1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> -- Put the sort direction against each item in the ORDER BY clause 3> 4> SELECT * 5> FROM Employee 6> ORDER BY Name, City DESC 7> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
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Use the ORDER BY clause
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1> CREATE TABLE employee (emp_no INTEGER NOT NULL, 2> emp_fname CHAR(20) NOT NULL, 3> emp_lname CHAR(20) NOT NULL, 4> dept_no CHAR(4) NULL) 5> GO 1> insert into employee values(1, "Matthew", "Smith", "d3") 2> insert into employee values(2, "Ann", "Jones", "d3") 3> insert into employee values(3, "John", "Barrimore","d1") 4> insert into employee values(4, "James", "James", "d2") 5> insert into employee values(5, "Elsa", "Bertoni", "d2") 6> insert into employee values(6, "Elke", "Hansel", "d2") 7> insert into employee values(7, "Sybill", "Moser", "d1") 8> GO (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) 1> select * from employee 2> GO emp_no emp_fname emp_lname dept_no
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1 Matthew Smith d3 2 Ann Jones d3 3 John Barrimore d1 4 James James d2 5 Elsa Bertoni d2 6 Elke Hansel d2 7 Sybill Moser d1
(7 rows affected) 1> -- Use the ORDER BY clause. 2> 3> SELECT emp_no, emp_fname, emp_lname FROM employee ORDER BY emp_no 4> GO emp_no emp_fname emp_lname
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1 Matthew Smith 2 Ann Jones 3 John Barrimore 4 James James 5 Elsa Bertoni 6 Elke Hansel 7 Sybill Moser
(7 rows affected) 1> drop table employee 2> GO 1>
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Using Order By clause to order result
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W 2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W 4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N 5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W 6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N 7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W 8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N 9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> --Using Order By clause to order result 3> 4> SELECT LEFT(Name,1) 5> FROM Employee 6> ORDER BY Name 7> GO - A C C D J J L M R (9 rows affected) 1> 2> drop table employee 3> GO 1>
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