Select FirstName
from #tbllogin
Where FirstName like ‘%SU%’
order by charindex ( ’su’, firstname ),Len(firstname)

Use CharIndex function to location the position of ‘SU’ Character. Below is a sample code.

create table #tbllogin (firstname varchar(200))
go
insert into #tbllogin values (‘Kumarsumit’)
insert into #tbllogin values (’sumit’)
insert into #tbllogin values (‘Kumsumit’)
insert into #tbllogin values (‘Ssumit’)
go
Select FirstName from #tbllogin
go
Select FirstName
from #tbllogin
Where FirstName like ‘%SU%’
order by charindex ( ’su’, firstname )
go
drop table #tbllogin

~ IM.

suppose i am using like query to search…
query may be like
select firstname from tbllogin where firstname like ‘%su%’

what i want how can i sort data on the basis of result found and then sorted on searched value i.e “su”

return data will be like
firstname
sumit
sumitkumar
kumarSumit
vermakumarsumit

i hope you get me….

please help me

ORDER BY
CASE WHEN Country=’US’ OR Country=’UK’ THEN 0
ELSE 1 END
, Country

This will order the list at first by 1 for us and uk and 0 for others then reorder it by country for those with same 1 or 0

This is usually done through Front End. They can put a default value in the combo box (drop down box). Ask your Front End Developer to implement this logic through front end.

I have seen many cases, we usually implement these things through front end.

~ IM.

IF LEN(@SortExpression) = 0
SET @SortExpression = ‘ID DESC’

SELECT * FROM
(
SELECT
[ID],
[AddedBy],
[AddedDate],
[AmountOfSales],
[ModifiedBy],
[ModifiedDate],
[...],
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CAST(@SortExpression as sql_variant)) AS RowNum
FROM
[dbo].[sell_Sales]
WHERE
([UserID] = @UserID)
) sales
WHERE sales.RowNum BETWEEN (@PageIndex*@PageSize+1) AND ((@PageIndex+1)*@PageSize)
ORDER BY CAST(@SortExpression as sql_variant)

CASE [That]
WHEN ‘A’ THEN 3
WHEN ‘B’ THEN 2
WHEN ‘C’ THEN 1
ELSE 0

ORDER BY
CASE WHEN @sort = 0
THEN X.SurName + ‘ ‘ + X.FirstName END,
CASE WHEN @sort = 1
AND @sortdirection = ‘D’
THEN X.ClientName END DESC,
CASE WHEN @sort = 1
AND @sortdirection = ”
THEN X.ClientName END,
CASE WHEN @sort = 2
AND @sortdirection = ‘D’
THEN X.StatusTypeDesc END DESC,
CASE WHEN @sort = 2
AND @sortdirection = ”
THEN X.StatusTypeDesc END,
CASE WHEN @sort = 3
AND @sortdirection = ‘D’
THEN Convert(varchar(20),X.CreationDate) END DESC,
CASE WHEN @sort = 3
AND @sortdirection = ”
THEN Convert(varchar(20),X.CreationDate) END,
CASE WHEN @sort = 4
AND @sortdirection = ‘D’
THEN X.Name END DESC,
CASE WHEN @sort = 4
AND @sortdirection = ”
THEN X.Name END,
CASE WHEN @sort = 5
AND @sortdirection = ‘D’
THEN Convert(varchar(20),X.StartDate) END DESC,
CASE WHEN @sort = 5
AND @sortdirection = ”
THEN Convert(varchar(20),X.StartDate) END,
CASE WHEN @sort = 6
AND @sortdirection = ‘D’
THEN X.categorycode END DESC,
CASE WHEN @sort = 6
AND @sortdirection = ”
THEN X.categorycode END

–note if sorting by [this] we need to sort by [that] first then by [this]
case @SortOrder
when ‘asc’ then
case @SortBy
when ‘This’ then
case [That]
when 4 then 1
else 0
end
end
end desc,
case @SortOrder
when ‘asc’ then
case @SortBy
when ‘This’ then [This]
end
end desc,

I think that that should evaluate to
Order by [That], [This]

Cheers folks.

Matt

I see Rökkvi has answered my question. I am eager to try!

Cheers folks.

matt.

I’m wondering if I can order by more than one column using the technique you have discussed here.

Here is an example of what I want to accomplish.

..
..
(ORDER BY
CASE @SortOrder
WHEN ‘asc’ THEN
CASE @SortBy
WHEN ‘This’ THEN
CASE [That]
WHEN ‘A’ THEN 3
WHEN ‘B’ THEN 2
WHEN ‘C’ THEN 1
ELSE 0
END, [This] –the comma doesn’t compile
END
END asc

Basically what I want to do is, when the user wants to sort by [This], I want to sort by [That] first using my custom specifications then sort by [This] normally.

If I just wanted to sort by [This], I would code

WHEN ‘This’ THEN [This]

But in my case I want to do some custom logic on [That] first then sort by [This]. The comma syntax I present there doesn’t work.
I’d like to avoid having to put another case statement for each WHEN clause in the CASE [That] clause if possibke.

Just wondering if you had any suggestions, thanks!

Matt.

i know you can CAST things over to the same type, but when you cast an int over to a varchar is does whole string order. 1,11,111,2,22,222,3… I saw something mentioned about padding? i need padding on my head, but i am sure that is not what they meant.

my types are

3 varchars
2 dates
2 int

i stinks to cast all to varchars.

thank you in advance!