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SQL-Server-2008R2

I have data in table -> bp like below

1 Vendor
2 Customer
3 Transporter
I want select * from bp order by row value 2,1,3, like this the result should be:

2 Customer
1 Vendor
3 Transporter

Posted 14-May-15 3:00am

Jawad Siddiqui

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-05-14T03:23:00

Well, for simple operations:

SQL

SELECT * FROM bp
ORDER BY CASE WHEN value = 2 THEN 1
              WHEN value = 1 THEN 2
              ELSE value 
         END

But for bigger tables you are going to have to either decide on some rules instead of absolute values or add an "Ordering" column to your table. (I'd go for the extra column, myself)