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Nexzus
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Posted - 2013-12-31 : 17:23:00
Hello,

Say I've got a table with records like this:

'lorum ipsum - Phrase One'
'dolor sit - Phrase One'
'Consectetur adipisicing - Phrase Two'
'Magna aliqua - Phrase One'
'iru dolor - Phrase Two'

How can I get a single listing of all 'Phrase One' records in alphabetical order, followed by all 'Phrase Two' records in alpha order.

Assume that there is only 'Phrase One' and 'Phrase Two'

Thank you.

* Edit: I guess a temptable and a bunch of separate queries would do it. Anything in a single query, though?

tkizer
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38200 Posts

Posted - 2013-12-31 : 23:26:12
Why is the data stored like this? Normalize your data into two columns instead.

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visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2014-01-01 : 12:07:43
[code]
SELECT Column
FROM table
ORDER BY STUFF(Column,1,CHARINDEX('-',Column)+1,''),Column
[/code]
Assuming format is consistent

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SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2014-01-01 : 12:39:26
SELECT * FROM dbo.Table1 ORDER BY RIGHT(Col, 3), Col1;



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