I have a string filed which holds ID's such as:
1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
I need to run a query to sort these by ID such as the result should be: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2
There could be infinite levels ie. 1.1.1.1.1, i'm baffled by this at the mo as i can't cast it to say a float and then sort because of the muliple points. Any ideas would be great. Looking for mimumum overhead here, would like to do it on the SQL Server side
Thanks.
I have a report where I am giving the users a parameter so that they can select which field they would like to sort on.The report is also grouping by that field. I have a gruping section, where i have added code to group on the field I want based on this parameter, however I also would like to changing the sorting order but I checked around and I did not find any info.
So here is my example. I am showing sales order info.The user can sort and group by SalesPerson or Customer. Right now, I have code on my dataset to sort by SalesPerson Code and Order No.So far the grouping workds, however the sorting does not.
Any suggestions would help.
Thanks
SSRS 2012 - VS2010...The report compares two years with a sort order on a value that has been engineered based on text switched to int. When sorting A-Z this is the result in the horizontal axis is: 5th, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th..When sorting Z-A the result in the horizontal axis is:5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, PreK..Z-A is correct but A-Z sorting shows 5th as the start and end. The magnitude of the PreK location is correct but the label is wrong on the A-Z sort order. The sorting is implemented using the Category Group sorting option.
View 6 Replies View RelatedHi
i am developing ssrs2005 Report using Table control, i need sorting Option for each column,
as well as change the background color of that column (or table header of corresponding column) so that user easily can notice that data is sorted based on particular column
Ok, it is a given that sorting operations are sometimes expensive in SQL Server using the ORDER BY clause because the relational model is not really well suited to sort data blah blah blah.
So the canned DBA response is "this is a presentation issue, handle it in the presentation layer".
OK, great. Problem solved. So I am digging around in the ADO.Net object model trying to give a junior developer some guidance and i am trying to figure out what is the best way in ADO.Net to order what we used to call a recordset where the sorting is not done at the SQL Server, but in IIS.
I imagine there is some overhead in this operation as well. Is it really going to save me some overall performance or am I just shifting the burden and I will not likely see any appreciable difference?
Hi All,
I've read aroud the following tecqnique to parameterize the sort criteria of a stored procedure:
PROCEDURE [ParamSortProc_EXAMPLE]
...
@SortField VARCHAR(64)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
-- ....
IF @SortField NOT IN ('Field1', 'Field2', 'Field3', 'Field4')
BEGIN
SET @SortField = 'Field1' -- Default
END
SELECT
-- ...
FROM
-- ...
WHERE
-- ...
ORDER BY
CASE @SortField WHEN 'Field1' THEN T.Field1 END ASC,
CASE @SortField WHEN 'Field2' THEN T.Field2 END ASC,
CASE @SortField WHEN 'Field3' THEN T.Field3 END DESC,
CASE @SortField WHEN 'Field4' THEN T.Field4 END DESC
The point is: the sort field is choosed based on the actual value of @SortField.
Provided the source table T has specific indexes for all the 4 fields involved into the sorting operation, does the engine actually benefit from it or, instead, treat the 4 sort conditions as computed fields and so build a temporary index to face with it?
Thanx a lot for your reply.
I am using SQL Server 2000. I am getting the following error whenexecuting the following query. The query joins a view[Server2].dbx.dbo.vwreports that resides on a linked server. I can sorton fields on D table or R view individually, but some fields take along time to sort even they are on non-cluster indexes. I can not sorton any field in table E, K, and L at all. Also I tried to save thisquery as a view in the local server. SQL Server does not allowcreating a view base on this query.Does anyone know why?===== Error here =======Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e14'Only text pointers are allowed in work tables, never text, ntext, orimage columns. The query processor produced a query plan that requireda text, ntext, or image column in a work table.===== Query here =======SELECT D.*, DATEADD(s, R.open_date, '12/31/1969 08:00:00pm') ASopenDate, DATEADD(s, R.close_date, '12/31/1969 08:00:00pm') AScloseDate, R.c_last_name AS custLastName, R.c_first_name AScustFirstName, R.description, (DATEDIFF(s, DATEADD(s, R.open_date,'12/31/1969 08:00:00pm'), getdate()))/(60*60*24) as lapse, E.[LASTNAME] AS techLastName, E.[FIRST NAME] AS techFirstName, E.EMPLOYEEID AStechID, K.MAKE, K.MAKEID, L.MODEL, L.MODELID, R.customer AS customer,R.iorg_name AS org FROM dbo.DellIDI D LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.EMPLOYEE E onD.technicianid = E.employeeid LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MAIN M ON D.Serial =M.[S/N] LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.MAKE K ON M.MAKE = K.MAKEID LEFT OUTER JOINdbo.MODEL L ON M.MODEL = L.MODELID INNER JOIN[Server2].dbx.dbo.vwreports R ON D.RequestID = R.ref_num order by(DATEDIFF(s, DATEADD(s, R.open_date, '12/31/1969 08:00:00pm'),getdate()))/(60*60*24)
View 1 Replies View Relatedakanksha shukla writes "the issue is that i want to sort the records stored in a table according to aparticular column in such a manner that the sorted reaults are permanantly commited onto the same table i.e. the results are reflected on the same table whose records are being used for sorting
i know that order by clause can provide me a view of records sorted on basis of a particular column but the changes are not being reflected onto the table .
i donot want to create a fresh table to reflect the changes.
kindly suggest some help"
I am trying to sort my sql resultset by an alphanumeric column of a table which is of NVARCHAR datatype. The sample data is given below:
CREATE TABLE #Activities(activityName NVARCHAR(100))
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Field phase S14-04932-01')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase reporting')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase running')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('RD1')
[Code] ....
The output of the query is like this:
A1
A2
A3
A4
E1 0DAA1
E10
E2 0DAA2
[Code] .....
The output what I require is this:
A1
A2
A3
A4
E1 0DAA1
E2 0DAA2
[Code] ....
Ok this is what I have
$query = $query = "SELECT date, file name FROM comment WHERE file name ='', AND CorS='C', AND Approved='Y', ORDER BY file name DESC";
But what I want is to return all results based on the file name from the most recent to the oldest. Can anyone help????
hi,
i need a query based on sorting.
i have date column and time as varchar in another column and other order details
datecol timcol ordername type
12/31/2007 1:00 pm order1 1
12/31/2007 5:00 pm order2 1
12/22/2007 6:00 pm order3 1
so i need to get query o/p as
12/22/2007 6:00pm
12/31/2007 1:00 pm
12/31/2007 5:00pm
based on date and time. pls help!
here's a good one for you...I want to return the last 20 records I have modified. I have adatemodified field - excellent.So I run a query to select the top 20 when ordered by datemodifieddesc.But now I have these results I want them sorted by companyname.Is this possible?Yes I could use my GUI to do the second sort, but can it be done justin a query?ThanksTim
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a text field in the form of numbers separated by periods like this: 1,1.2,1.2.1
When I sort, it works fine unless I get out to 10 digits.
Desired sort: 1,1.1,1.1.1,1.1.2,.....,1.1.9,1.1.10
Actual sort: 1,1.1,1.1.1,1.1.10,1.1.2,.....,1.1.9
The 10 is showing up smaller than the 2 because of the straight text comparison, any ideas on how to get around this?
When I installed VS 2005, it installed the default version of SQL Server 2005 Express that ships with Visual Studio 2005 installer media.
How can apply SQL Server 2005 Express SP1 to update this existing instance?
Currently, if I run this query:
SELECT @@version
I get the following:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.1399.06 (Intel X86) Oct 14 2005 00:33:37 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Express Edition on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)
After applying SP1, I should get 9.00.2047.00.
Should I just go to this link and download & install the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP1:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/
Thank you,
Bashman
I have a gridview that has AllowSorting="true" however I need to implement my own sorting because I have DateTime and Integer data types in several of the columns and I don't want an int column sorted like 1,12,2,23,3,34,4,45,5,56, etc. So, I've added SortParameterName="sortBy" and adjusted my stored procedure to accept this. For only ASC sorting, I've got
ORDER BY CASE WHEN @sortBy='' THEN DateCreated END, CASE WHEN @sortBy='DateCreated' THEN DateCreated END
and so on. However, columns can also be sorted with DESC. I tried CASE WHEN @sortBy='DateCreated DESC' THEN DateCreated DESC END, but I get a syntax error on DESC. How can I do this?
I am trying to set up custom paging and sorting with my gridview. All is well but the sorting. The problem is with the stored procedure. If I pass in the value @sortExpression as, for example "discussions_Posts.post_time", i does not sort it at all. But if I replace the @sortExpression with discussions_Posts.post_time in the actual stored procedure, it gets sorted. how do I sort this query with a input parameter with values like "discussions_Topics.topic_title" or something? ALTER PROCEDURE discussions_GetTopicsSubSet@startRowIndex as int,@maximumRows as int,@sortExpression as nvarchar(50),@board_id as intASDECLARE @Topics TABLE(RowNumber INT,topic_id INT,topic_title VARCHAR(50),topic_replies INT,topic_views INT,topic_type INT,topic_time DATETIME,post_id int,post_time DATETIME,Topic_Author_UserName nvarchar(256),Topic_Author_ID uniqueidentifier,Post_Author_Username nvarchar(256),Post_Author_ID uniqueidentifier)--DECLARE @TopicsFrom Datetime--SELECT @TopicsFrom = CASE @TopicsDays WHEN '1' THEN DATEADD(day,-1,getdate()) WHEN '2' THEN DATEADD(day,-7,getdate()) WHEN '3' THEN DATEADD(day,-14,getdate()) WHEN '4' THEN DATEADD(month,-1,getdate()) WHEN '5' THEN DATEADD(month,-3,getdate()) WHEN '6' THEN DATEADD(month,-6,getdate()) WHEN '7' THEN DATEADD(year,-1,getdate()) ELSE DATEADD(year,-1,getdate()) END-- populate the table CAST(getdate() as int)INSERT INTO @TopicsSELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY @sortExpression), discussions_Topics.topic_id, discussions_Topics.topic_title, discussions_Topics.topic_replies, discussions_Topics.topic_views, discussions_Topics.topic_type,discussions_Topics.topic_time, discussions_Posts.post_id, discussions_Posts.post_time, user_1.UserName AS Topic_Author_Username, user_1.UserId AS Topic_Author_ID, user_2.UserName AS Post_Author_Username, user_2.UserId AS Post_Author_IDFROM discussions_Topics INNER JOIN discussions_Posts ON discussions_Posts.post_id = discussions_Topics.topic_last_post_id INNER JOIN aspnet_Users AS user_1 ON user_1.UserId = discussions_Topics.topic_poster INNER JOIN aspnet_Users AS user_2 ON user_2.UserId = discussions_Posts.poster_idWHERE (discussions_Topics.board_id = @board_id ANDdiscussions_Topics.topic_type NOT LIKE '1' )SELECT * from @TopicsWHERE RowNumber BETWEEN @startRowIndex AND (@startRowIndex + @maximumRows) - 1
View 1 Replies View RelatedThis is more of a SQL question than a .NET question, but if you could indulge me, I'd appreciate it.
I have a table that has 2 columns of particular interest for the purposes of this question. One is a foreign key to another table (int), the other is a name (varchar(50). I want to sort the results set in a specific way. I want to sort it in such a way that all entries that have the foreign key = 0 come first (sorted ASC by name) then I'd like all the other results with foreign key column > 0 to be sorted ASC by name. I was trying to be cute and tried an order by statement like this: "ORDER BY (foreignKey > 0), name" but it's a syntax error (as I initially thought it might be). I know I could probably do a stored procedure that will create a temporary table and I could insert a new column to help put these in order, and I also know I could put all the results into an array, then sort the array in code, but I was just wondering if there was a simpler, slicker way (tricky SQL query perhaps).
Hi,
I hope I can explain what I am trying to achieve (in MS SQL Server):
The results set that shows Names and Dates (plus others, but not relevant here), that needs to be sorted by Date and then by name.
I have tried:
ORDER BY date, surname, forename (gives dates in right order but not names)
and
ORDER BY surname, forename, date (gives names in right order but not dates)
Thanks for any advice!
I noticed when looking at the execution path that the SQL sort (order by) was taking up 16% of the total for the query. However the execution time for the sort was like .007 ms in SQL so I doubt it was really that much overhead.
Is it more effecient to sort a dataset within my asp.net program?
Hi,
i have a simple table with NAME and a SORTORDER. Now i want to sort my table on the NAME desc and then insert a number into the SORTORDER. The number has to correspond with the number the NAME has in the list.
EXAMPLE
Initial situation:
BAKKER 0
AKKER 0
CARNIE 0
Now my question is how can i update the table with a sp in wich te outcome is:
AKKER 1
BAKKER 2
CARNIE 3
Can someone please help me?
Greetings,
Mark
i have a question that is there any methods to order by the column which's datatype is ntext with t-sql?
View 1 Replies View RelatedAnybody know how to accomplish lexigraphical sorting? Any how-tos, docs, tuts or if you just want to paste code
THanks!
I'm trying to sort by domain user id, I can pull the user id fine but now I want to sort my SELECT by that name. How do I put the value of getUserIdentity into my SELECT statment.
Thanks
<script language="C#" runat="server"> protected string getUserIdentity() { return HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name.ToString().Replace("DOMAIN\", ""); }
protected void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) { username = getUserIdentity(); SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection("Data Source=CLIENTELE;Initial Catalog=forms;Integrated Security=True"); SqlDataAdapter myCommand = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM formTable WHERE userID = @username ORDER BY status DESC", myConnection);
DataSet ds = new DataSet(); myCommand.Fill(ds, "names");
MyDataGrid.DataSource=ds.Tables["names"].DefaultView; MyDataGrid.DataBind(); }
</script>
hi,
i am trying to figure out how to sort the data in a column in an ascending way when the column contains numeric and char data.
In the example I want to sort by category,lookup value. However, as you can see the top two rows are sorted right but the others are all messed up.
I would really appreciate any hints you can give me.
thanks
Rozina
Category ID lookupvalue
CPU Type4CPU Type 1
CPU Type4CPU Type 2
CPU Number51
CPU Number516
CPU Number52
CPU Number532
CPU Number54
CPU Number564
CPU Number58
I have a table with a composite primary key (ie a,b, autoInteger)
that includes an auto-incrementing system generated integer.
How do I sort out the records such that if a and b above repeat, I only
get the records with the highest autoInteger?
Thanks for any suggestions
Shelly
I need help sorting a date field. My field looks like this: dd/mm/yy. I want to sort by month. How would I do that?
Any help would be appreciated...
Hiya,
I'm back with another question.
I have a view of a table which contains users. the SQL is:
CREATE VIEW dbo.vwTravellers
AS
SELECT TravellerID AS ID, LTRIM(RTRIM(LastName)) + ', ' + LTRIM(RTRIM(FirstName)) + ' - DOB:' + LEFT(RTRIM(DOB), 11) AS Value
FROM dbo.tblTravellers
I would like to be able to sort the view by LastName, Firstname, but it doesnt allow a SORT BY in the view. Does anyone know of a cheeky little trick I could use to get around this?
Cheers
Guy
I wish I'd listened in that SQl Server training course I attended :(
I am trying to sort a matrix by column. I first tried adding an interactive sort to the column heading, but it either gave me a run-time error, or there was not response. I then tried adding sorting to the row groups, and that doesn't seem to work either. I feel I have done every combination of groupings and sort expressions. Has anyone been able to accomplish this?
Thanks,
Kris
Hi,
I'm not sure why this is happening, but I'm trying to sort/order on this special field/column that I have created to allow precise ordering. However, for all of the values that are returned, if there are any NULLS, they are returned first/ahead of the values of what I want to be returned first. This field/column I created is called 'POW' (stands for Priority on Web). The values are just integers, 1-whatever, and we try to make sure that they're all unique. So for example, if we have a 1 in that field, then that row should be returned first, and if another row has 2, then it should be next. However, this is not working exactly - all of the NULL values are returned FIRST, then the proper values in the correct order. I want the NULLS to be last, because it may take some time for someone to go into each record, and assign it a unique value. My current SQL statement reads:
mySQL = "SELECT SignTypes.Id, SignTypes.SignType, SignTypes.SignDescription, SignTypes.FinalSignWidth, SignTypes.FinalSignHeight FROM SignTypes JOIN PropLocSigns ON SignTypes.Id = PropLocSigns.SignTypeID WHERE PropLocSigns.PropLocID = " & Session("PropID") & " AND (RestrictOnWeb = 0 OR RestrictOnWeb IS NULL) ORDER BY SignTypes.POW; SELECT @@ROWCOUNT"
So if someone knows of a way to put NULLS last, and still have my proper ordering, that would be great! I would think that there's some simple way of doing this, but not being an expert, I don't know. Thanks for the help!
Generally speaking, say using normal SQL if u wanted to sort month names in correct order how would u do it???
View 7 Replies View Relatedhi all..just a quick question about sorting a query. let us say that i am running a select statement that involves 3 or 4 tables and one of the columns in one of the tables is a divisions column. based on the records, there is a specific division that i want to appear first in the list. its not alphabetically possible nor is it the keys associated with it allow it to be selected first. how would i go about pulling that particular record from the divisions column to be listed first in my query? thanks alot
tibor
Hello,
I have an appointment table that stores the appt time as varchar. For example, 1:00 PM or 9:00 AM. When I say "ORDER BY Appointment.Time", it puts 1:00 PM before 9:00 AM. How do I make it put 9:00 before instead? Could you please help me out.
Please note, I store time as varchar because it is much more convenient for me through out the application that way.
Thank you very much.
i want to modify this table:
employees----address----phone1----phone2----phone 3
----------------------------------------------------------------
John A. keas 19 9515678
John A. keas 19 9515670
Mike B. highway 2 8652332
Mike B. highway 2 8656543
Mike B. highway 2 8723165
like this :
employees----address----phone1----phone2----phone 3
----------------------------------------------------------------
John A. keas 19 9515678 9515670
Mike B. highway 2 8652332 8656543 8723165
_________________________________________________
may seem silly,i know,but i am stuck here days now and i dont know with what to fill my loop.
thank you in advance.