Regarding sorting the Records in sql

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How can i sort the record (alphabetically) in table by excluding specific row and that excluded row has to be displayed first by default.

for example

Let my table be as follow

Id Name
1 A
2 B
3 c
4 x

i need the record to be sorted as follow

Name
X
A
B
C

Posted 27-Nov-12 22:41pm

n.sriganesh

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__TR__ 28-Nov-12 4:57am

On what basis are you excluding specific rows ?

n.sriganesh 28-Nov-12 7:59am

I want to display x row as initial record so i need to exclude

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Nelly2k · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-28T00:08:00

Solution 1

SELECT Name FROM Table WHERE Name=X
UNION
SELECT NAME FROM Table WHERE Name <> X ORDER BY Name

Actually, you have two tables one after another

Posted 28-Nov-12 0:08am

Nelly2k

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n.sriganesh 28-Nov-12 8:00am

Your query worked fine thanks for your help

__TR__ · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-28T00:38:00

Solution 2

Here is a sample approach

SQL

CREATE TABLE #SampleTable
(
    ID INT,
    [Name] VARCHAR(50)
)

INSERT INTO #SampleTable
SELECT 1, 'A' UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 'B' UNION ALL
SELECT 3, 'C' UNION ALL
SELECT 4, 'X'

SELECT [Name] FROM
(
    SELECT CASE WHEN ID = 4 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END AS SortOrder, ID, [Name] FROM #SampleTable
) T
ORDER BY SortOrder, [Name]

DROP TABLE #SampleTable

Posted 28-Nov-12 0:38am

__TR__

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n.sriganesh 28-Nov-12 8:00am

May i know what is that T denote i am new to it

__TR__ 28-Nov-12 8:34am

T is the Alias name for the query (SELECT CASE WHEN ID = 4 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END AS SortOrder, ID, [Name] FROM #SampleTable)