i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record
like this 1 R1 S
2 R3 S
3 R2 S
4 R4 D
5 R5 D
6 R6 K
7 R7 K
8 R8 L
9 R9 L
10 R10 L
11 R11 K

and i want to display record based on user defind sorting
order e.g.
1 R4 D
2 R5 D
3 R6 K
4 R7 K
5 R11 K
6 R1 S
7 R3 S
8 R2 S
9 R8 L
10 R9 L
11 R10 L

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i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / veeresh kethari

SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY GROUPNAME ASC) ID
,NAME,GROUPNAME FROM REC ORDER BY GROUPNAME

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No

i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / pradip jain

SELECT
case name
When 'R4' then 1
When 'R5' then 2
When 'R6' then 3
When 'R7' then 4
When 'R8' then 5
When 'R9' then 6
When 'R10'then 7
When 'R11'then 8
When 'R1' then 9
When 'R2' then 10
When 'R3' then 11
END as RID,
name,groupname FROM TEMP1 T1
ORDER BY RID

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 2 No

i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / pradip jain

Hi Ram, what new you are done man?
you have posted same answer as me.

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / praveen kumar

this is not right query beacuse if table contain 1000
record then you need to give 1000 condition .so it is not
right answer

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i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / alka

select id,name, groupname from #temp1
Order by groupname,name

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i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / getaway

Very vague question!

The asker did not give an explanation of the desired sorting rule. Without that the closest answer is to sort based on Order by groupname, name

Of course specifying the query's output through CASE..WHEN.. is the "smartest" idea. If you give me this answer at the job interview, I positively won't hire you. As it was mentioned in answer #4, what if the table has 1000 rows? And in a week - 5000? How you gonna manage your query?

Good luck.

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i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / ram birendra jha

SELECT
case name
When 'R4' then 1
When 'R5' then 2
When 'R6' then 3
When 'R7' then 4
When 'R11' then 5
When 'R1' then 6
When 'R3'then 7
When 'R2'then 8
When 'R8' then 9
When 'R9' then 10
When 'R10' then 11
END as Id,
name,groupname FROM Tempid
ORDER BY Id

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 1 No

i have a table #temp1(id, Name groupname ) and record like this 1 R1 S 2 R3 S 3 R2 S 4 R4 D 5..

Answer / archana

Select * from #emp Order by id,Groupname

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 1 No

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