Hope you solve the problem. If not, here is the solution -

CREATE TABLE #TEMP
(ShowOnTop INT,
TypeId INT)

INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (2,1)
INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (3,2)
INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (0,2)
INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (1,2)
INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (0,1)
INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (0,3)
INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES (0,1)

SELECT * FROM #TEMP

SELECT * FROM #TEMP
ORDER BY CASE WHEN ShowOnTop = 0 THEN 999999999 ELSE ShowOnTop END, TypeId

Put maximum number in CASE statement. Here I put 999999999.

Try this.

Cheers

Shekhar Teke
Sr DBA
Talkingtech Limited, NZ

Here is the solution -

CREATE TABLE #Temp
(Id INT,
Name varchar(3),
Parent INT)

INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (1,’ABC’,Null)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (2,’PQR’, 1)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (3,’DEF’, Null)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (4,’LMN’, Null)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (5,’OPQ’, Null)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (6,’JKL’, 2)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES (7,’TUY’, 4)

SELECT * FROM #Temp

SELECT * FROM #Temp ORDER BY Coalesce(Parent,Id)

I want to write 1 complex order by clause, plz help.

in Table A, there’s a column called ShowOnTop which contain either sort order like 1, 2, 3, … or 0 by default. Another column called Type_Id which contains only 1, 2, 3.
I want to order my query such that first rows would be sorted according to ShowOnTop , den by Type_Id. But if in ShowOnTop, contains 0, den they shld be shown below Type_Id.

Ex:
Row ShowOnTop Type_Id
1 2 1
2 3 2
3 0 2
4 1 2
5 0 1
6 0 3
7 0 1

Data displayed would be:
4
1
2
5
7
3
6

As per the statement ( it will look for the column used in the ORDER BY to compare its equivalent in rest of the table with the *last row* of the results returned)

SELECT TOP 74956 WITH TIES *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail
ORDER BY OrderQty
GO

the last row of the results returned will be with the OrderQty=2, for which the equivalent is 14200 rows,

The actual result set returned is 74954 + 14200 = 89154 records
Can you please explain further.

Thanks,

I have table with child and parent hierarchy within same table.
I hvae column to identify the parent of the respective node.
Records like

Id name Parent
1 ABC Null
2 PQR 1
3 DEF Null
4 LMN Null
5 OPQ Null
6 JKL 2
7 TUY 4

So i want to display parent & then his child. if no child the next parent
Output expected is

Id name Parent
1 ABC Null
2 PQR 1
6 JKL 2
3 DEF Null
4 LMN Null
7 TUY 4
5 OPQ Null

Please give the query providing the expected output parent following expected output.

Regards,
Vishal Shinde.

How to retrieve top 10 records which are recently updated?
and

How do I capture (output) the last value of the sort column so that I can begin the next group at the next value?

I’m looking at the OUTPUT clause and the ranking functions today, but haven’t reached any conclusions yet.

thanks and regards
ravindra

There is no difference in Execution plan

With Regards
Vijayakumar.