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SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial » Query » Order by 
1. 3. 1. The expanded syntax of the ORDER BY clause
ORDER BY expression [ASC|DESC] [, expression [ASC|DESC]] ...

An ORDER BY clause that sorts by one column in ascending sequence


11create table Bankers(
12>    BankerID             Integer,
13>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
14>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
15>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
16>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
17>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
18>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
19>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
20)
21> GO
1>
2insert into Bankers values (1'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (2'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (3'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (4'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (5'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (6'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (7'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (8'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (9'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (0'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1>
2>
3SELECT BankerName,
4>     BankerCity + ', ' + BankerState + ' ' + BankerZipCode AS Address
5FROM Bankers
6> ORDER BY BankerName
7> GO
BankerName           Address
-------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
ABC Inc.             Vancouver, BC 11111
DEF Inc.             New York, DE 22222
DFG Inc.             Wisler, PL 99999
GHJ Inc.             Ticker, MN 00000
HJI Inc.             Paris, CA 33333
OIP Inc.             San Franc, FG 77777
QWE Inc.             Regina, ER 44444
RTY Inc.             Toronto, YU 55555
SAD Inc.             Orland, PO 88888
YUI Inc.             Calgary, TY 66666

(10 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> drop table Bankers;
4> GO
1. 3. Order by
1. 3. 1. The expanded syntax of the ORDER BY clause
1. 3. 2. ORDER BY Clause: ORDER BY {[col_name | col_number [ASC | DESC]]}, ...
1. 3. 3. Sorting your grouped results with ORDER BY clause.
1. 3. 4. An ORDER BY clause that sorts by one column in descending sequence
1. 3. 5. the order criterion may contain more than one column.
1. 3. 6. An ORDER BY clause that sorts by three columns
1. 3. 7. An ORDER BY clause that uses an alias
1. 3. 8. An ORDER BY clause that uses an expression
1. 3. 9. An ORDER BY clause that uses column positions
1. 3. 10. Sorting your grouped results by an aggregate.
1. 3. 11. NULLs Sort Last
1. 3. 12. order criterion contains any aggregate function.
1. 3. 13. Order by not null date
1. 3. 14. Using the TOP keyword with Ordered Results
1. 3. 15. do our sorting using numeric fields
1. 3. 16. use CAST function to sort during ordering
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