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Order table by two columns
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Problem
I would like to order this table but I can not find a way to make it work. Can you help me?
I have this table:
I need this:
I have a table where documents are listed, the first field is the id of the document and the second field represents the father, so I must show a list where you can see in an orderly manner that 242 is the first document and 252 and 335 were generated from the 242.
The query:
...doesn't work for me. I do this query:
and this is my first image.
I have this table:
I need this:
I have a table where documents are listed, the first field is the id of the document and the second field represents the father, so I must show a list where you can see in an orderly manner that 242 is the first document and 252 and 335 were generated from the 242.
The query:
select * from table_name order by col1 ASC, Col2 ASC...doesn't work for me. I do this query:
SELECT
FR1.[report_id],
FR1.[report_parent]
FROM [FARA_reports] FR1
WHERE
FR1.[report_is_delete] <> 1
AND FR1.[report_is_tmp] <> 1
ORDER BY
FR1.[report_id] asc,
FR1.[report_parent] descand this is my first image.
Solution
Your data:
This gives you results in the desired order:
db fiddle
CREATE TABLE dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING
(
ID1 INT NULL,
ID2 INT NULL
);
INSERT INTO dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING VALUES
(242, NULL),
(243, NULL),
(244, NULL),
(252, 242),
(254, NULL),
(255, NULL),
(256, NULL),
(292, NULL),
(308, NULL),
(311, NULL),
(313, 311),
(314, 311),
(323, NULL),
(324, 311),
(335, 242),
(340, NULL),
(341, NULL),
(358, NULL),
(372, NULL),
(373, NULL),
(377, NULL),
(378, 358),
(379, 358),
(380, 358),
(381, 358);This gives you results in the desired order:
SELECT ID1, ID2
FROM
(
SELECT ID1, ID2, ID1 AS ORDERING_COLUMN
FROM dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING
WHERE ID1 ID2 OR ID1 IS NULL
) q
ORDER BY ORDERING_COLUMN, ID1;db fiddle
Code Snippets
CREATE TABLE dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING
(
ID1 INT NULL,
ID2 INT NULL
);
INSERT INTO dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING VALUES
(242, NULL),
(243, NULL),
(244, NULL),
(252, 242),
(254, NULL),
(255, NULL),
(256, NULL),
(292, NULL),
(308, NULL),
(311, NULL),
(313, 311),
(314, 311),
(323, NULL),
(324, 311),
(335, 242),
(340, NULL),
(341, NULL),
(358, NULL),
(372, NULL),
(373, NULL),
(377, NULL),
(378, 358),
(379, 358),
(380, 358),
(381, 358);SELECT ID1, ID2
FROM
(
SELECT ID1, ID2, ID1 AS ORDERING_COLUMN
FROM dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING
WHERE ID1 <= ID2 OR ID2 IS NULL
UNION ALL
SELECT ID1, ID2, ID2 AS ORDERING_COLUMN
FROM dbo.WEIRD_ORDERING
WHERE ID1 > ID2 OR ID1 IS NULL
) q
ORDER BY ORDERING_COLUMN, ID1;Context
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