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am creating a database application in c# and have used the query builder in the dataset to create a search query which search for records in my database. I want to sort records in ascending order after I have perform my search query but the sort query I used sort all records in my table in the database but I want it to sort for only the search query results not the whole records in the table in my database

What I have tried:

select * from boys order by firstname

Posted 25-Aug-17 20:38pm

MaximusDebois

Updated 25-Aug-17 21:37pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2017-08-25T21:33:00

Solution 1

Try:

SQL

SELECT * FROM Boys WHERE MyColumnName = MyValueThatSelectsTheRowsIWant ORDER BY FirstName

Posted 25-Aug-17 21:33pm

OriginalGriff

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MaximusDebois 26-Aug-17 3:38am

can I replace this MyValueThatSelectsTheRowsIWant with a query

OriginalGriff 26-Aug-17 3:43am

Well ... that is kind of the idea. MyColumnName is just a placeholder as well ...