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Posted - 2005-04-27 : 08:03:56
Pallavi writes "Hi, here is my question.

TOPIC: SQL SERVER, T-SQL

I HAVE A VALUES LIKE THIS 'TJA','JAT' etc(JUST AN EXAMPLE) IN ONE COLUMN. HOW CAN I SORT THE TEXT. I AM NOT EXPERT IN T-SQL.
I WANT THE RESULT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER(SORT) LIKE 'AJT.
CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME.

Thank you,
Pallavi"

mohdowais
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Posted - 2005-04-27 : 08:08:55
First you need to get those values out of the column into rows. Search the articles on this site for the keyword: CSV and you will find enough articles explaining how to do that. Once that is done, you will have no trouble sorting them.

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