Sort Numerically From An Alphanumeric Column
Aug 9, 2006Hi,
I need to get Sort numerically from an alphanumeric column
Regards,
Kihsore
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Sorting Numerically, And Alpha Numerically
Jan 17, 2007Hi,
I'm hoping there is an easy way to deal with this....
I have a UNION query. The first SELECT in the UNION I want sorted by an int, the the second SELECT in the union (same column) I want sorted by a char.
Here's a really basic sample of what I mean:
select dummy_data.test from
(select cast(1 as char) as test
union
select cast(11 as char) as test
union
select cast(2 as char) as test
union
select 'Alpha' as test
union
select 'Bravo' as test) dummy_data
order by test asc
..obviously, I need to cast the INT columns as chars or the UNIONs do not work.
However, the sort will sort the numbers alpha numerically: 1,11,2
(I'm looking for 1,2,11)
Any thoughts?
david.
Ordering Varchar Column Numerically
Jul 23, 2005Is there a preferred way to order a varchar column numerically (for thosethat are numeric), then alphanumerically for all others?I've tried:ORDER BY CASE WHEN IsNumeric(<column_name>) = 1 THEN CONVERT(Float,<column_name>) ELSE 999999999 END;andORDER BY CASE WHEN IsNumeric(<column_name>) = 1 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, CASE WHENIsNumeric(<column_name>) = 1 THEN CONVERT(Float, <column_name>) ELSE 999999END, <column_name>;Neither of these however give the desired results.Any ideas?Thanks,Frank
View 4 Replies View RelatedDynamic Sort Column And Sort Order Not Working
Aug 7, 2007I am trying to set sorting up on a DataGrid in ASP.NET 2.0. I have it working so that when you click on the column header, it sorts by that column, what I would like to do is set it up so that when you click the column header again it sorts on that field again, but in the opposite direction. I have it working using the following code in the stored procedure: CASE WHEN @SortColumn = 'Field1' AND @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN Convert(sql_variant, FileName) end DESC,
case when @SortColumn = 'Field1' AND @SortOrder = 'ASC' then Convert(sql_variant, FileName) end ASC,
case WHEN @SortColumn = 'Field2' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, Convert(varchar(8000), FileDesc)) end DESC,
case when @SortColumn = 'Field2' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), FileDesc)) end ASC,
case when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), VersionNotes)) end DESC,
case when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' then convert(sql_variant, convert(varchar(8000), VersionNotes)) end ASC,
case WHEN @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' and @SortOrder = 'DESC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, FileDataID) end DESC,
case WHEN @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' and @SortOrder = 'ASC' THEN CONVERT(sql_variant, FileDataID) end ASC And I gotta tell you, that is ugly code, in my opinion. What I am trying to do is something like this: case when @SortColumn = 'Field1' then FileName end,
case when @SortColumn = 'FileDataID' then FileDataID end,
case when @SortColumn = 'Field2' then FileDesc
when @SortColumn = 'VersionNotes' then VersionNotes
end
case when @SortOrder = 'DESC' then DESC
when @SortOrder = 'ASC' then ASC
end and it's not working at all, i get an error saying: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'case' when i put a comma after the end on line 5 i get: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'DESC' What am I missing here? Thanks in advance for any help -Madrak
Alphanumeric Id Column
Apr 9, 2008I have set a column called "Anumber", I am
using a computed value to get the PK ID # and
a the letter "A" to it.
('A'+CONVERT([varchar](10),[requestid],(0)))
The above works fine unless I copy a record,
The copied record never displays the correct
value like "A55" it keeps "NULL" as it value.
Is their a better way to achieve a result as
described above ?
I am coming from Foxpro to SQL, Any advice would
be great.
Thanks
Convert Column Of Data Alphanumeric To Integer
Nov 14, 2013I need to convert a column of data from alpha numeric to integer.
I am only querying the tables i.e. i don't have access to actually change the data tables themselves.
CAST or CONVERT throws up an error. Are there any other commands i can use at the query stage?
The data I need to convert is always actually a number. i.e. even though it is recognised as alpha numeric, the figure is a number.
I just need it to be converted to an integer so i can SUM it etc.
SQL Server 2012 :: Sorting By Alphanumeric Table Column Of NVARCHAR Datatype
Sep 24, 2015I am trying to sort my sql resultset by an alphanumeric column of a table which is of NVARCHAR datatype. The sample data is given below:
CREATE TABLE #Activities(activityName NVARCHAR(100))
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Field phase S14-04932-01')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase reporting')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('Phase running')
INSERT INTO #Activities VALUES('RD1')
[Code] ....
The output of the query is like this:
A1
A2
A3
A4
E1 0DAA1
E10
E2 0DAA2
[Code] .....
The output what I require is this:
A1
A2
A3
A4
E1 0DAA1
E2 0DAA2
[Code] ....
Interactive Column Sort
Mar 9, 2007
Hi All
I'm Climbing the walls here, does anyone know how to do an interactive sort but keep one of the returned rows pinned at the end of the result set?
i've tried this
=iif(Fields!Item.Value <> "c", 1 ,2) & Fields!Item.Value
Doesn't work to well
Results to Sort
d
e
a
b
c
Sort should return
which works fine on the ascending sort
a
b
d
e
c
with c remaining at the bottom
But i get this on the descending sort
c
a
b
d
e
Thanks in advance
Dave
Sort Date Column
Feb 11, 2008
Select distinct (left(date,12)) as startdate from table1
order by startdate desc
Guys what am i doing wrong here??? why is it not sorting the year part??
Sep 30 2005
Sep 29 2006
Sep 29 2005
Sep 28 2007
Sep 28 2006
Sep 28 2005
Sep 27 2007
Sep 27 2006
Sep 27 2005
Sep 26 2007
Thanks
Can't Sort By Clicking Column Header In EM
Jan 18, 2001My boss wants to know why I can sort information in the Enterprise Manager by clicking the column headings but he can't; like in the Job window clicking status to sort the jobs by status so all of the 'executing' jobs are listed first. I said no problem, let's apply SP2 and that should do the trick. To my chagrin it did not solve the problem. I would appreciate any ideas.
Thanks!
How To Sort Data On Based Of Column's Value?
Oct 24, 2007Hi everybody!
My users need to sort data on base of columns that they select ,the same as sorting in grid but i need it with reporting services.
Thankas in advance.
Matrix Column Interactive Sort
Feb 27, 2008I looked around quite a bit but couldn't get around to the issue I've at hand.
I've a matrix report with one row group and one column group. I want to apply interactive sort so that when a user clicks on the column header based on the values in the column the report is rearranged.
The report shows:
Name 02/02/2008 01/31/2008
Test1 15 12
Test2 9 15
Now if the user clicks on 02/02/2008 then it will show
Name 02/02/2008 01/31/2008
Test2 9 15
Test1 15 12
And toggle if clicked again. Hope I'm clear.
Sort COLUMN NAMES Of A Table
Apr 25, 2008Hi all,
Is there a way i can write a script that will sort the column names of my table?
Example:
Table 1 columns:
First_Name
Last_Name
Address
City
Country
I want to write a script that will sort them like this:
Address
City
Country
First_Name
Last_Name
Transact SQL :: Sort Column With Null
Nov 26, 2015I have column X:
X
-------
1
NULL
4
NULL
2
3
NULLI need to sort this column to get this output: X
-----
1
NULL
2
NULL
3
NULL
4
NULL
What i need to do?
Unable To Add Stylesheet On Datagrid's Sort Column
Aug 19, 2006Hi All,
I am trying to add style-sheet on the sort column of datagrid. I am not able to do that as it takes default font and link comes under it. So can anybody help me to resolve this issue.
Thanks & Regards
Bijay
Web Developer
Interactive Column Sort In Reporting Services
Aug 21, 2007Hi,
I have a report with fiive columns, I have implemented interactive column sorting on the report. I have added a group to the report based on Column 2 and there is a page break by group. Now if I am on the second page ( page break by column 2 ) and sort on column 3(there is no grouping on column 3), the sorting happens but after the sort, the first page is displayed.IS there any way to remain on the same page while sorting?
Thanks in Advance.
Manualy Sort Matrix Column Group
Nov 7, 2007I've done this before, but i cant remember how.
All i want to do is sort this group in a specific way.
I want them to be in this order:
AME01
ASE01
ACO01
ALU01
AOS01
APH01
ATR01
ATE01
ACR06
ACR05
ACR02
ACR03
ACR08
ACR07
What is the code i would put in the sorting expression, for this to take place?
Interactive Sort On Column Headers In Matrix
Dec 7, 2007Hi there,
I'm trying to implement Interactive Soring on the column headers in a matrix in a report. Is it actually possible to do this? I've read several internet posts and stories of implementing the Interactive Sorting in the upper-left corner of the matrix, but this is not what I want, I want to implement it on the column headers .
The goal I'm trying to achieve is to give the user the possibillity to click on a column header to sort the rows below in asc- or descending direction.
Please tell me if this is possible, because all my efforts have not been succesfull! If it's possible, please provide the solution to do this.
If you need more information, please don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks in advance,
Dave Ruijter
BI Consultant
How To Write A SQL Query To Sort A Table With The Priority Column As Well?
Jan 16, 2005Hi,
Anyone can help me for the Sql query?
I want to sort a table with a priority column, e.g. in the following...
Table A
======
value
======
9
3
1
7
4
======
After sorting:
Table A
========
no value
========
1 1
2 3
3 4
4 7
5 9
========
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.
Daniel.
Reporting Services :: Custom Sort Column Groups
Jun 3, 2015Is it possible to do custom sort for a Column Group?
i.e. if the columns are coming out as A B C, is it possible to change it B C A (or anything else).
Reporting Services :: Sort Report By Totals Column
Jan 4, 2012I've created an SSRS report in Report builder and I'm displaying it in SharePoint 2010. What I would need to do is to sort according to my totals -column. My report structure is as follows:
The first and column second columns are the ID and the name of a customer. There are over 35.000 consolidated customers in the database.
The third column is the column which I would like my report to be sorted upon. It gives the sum (Amount_EUR) of all different productlines sold to the customer.
The fourth column in this report design model is the product groups sold to that customer. There over twenty of product groups visible when Running the report.
This is what my report looks like when finished (you'd have to scroll a lot to the right if I took the whole of the report so I cut only a part of it to be visible):
I tried to add a sorting option from the reports Tablix properties and adding this code as the sorting function:
=SUM(Fields!Amount_EUR.Value)
But I'm getting an error: "A sort expression for the tablix 'Tablix1' includes an aggregate function. Aggregate functions cannot be used in data row sort expressions."
Ok, so no aggregate functions aren't allowed to the sort.
If I just put:
=Fields!Amount_EUR.Value and sort by that from Z to A(biggest to largest) it doesn't have any effect. The report is still sorted alphabetically by the ParentID.
I've also tried some other code bits, but they all seem to be saying that I couldn't put an aggregate function into the sort expression....but my Total -column is already calculated with a Sum -function....
Is it possible sort my report based on that Total -column? If yes, how? I'm using SSRS 2008
SQL Server 2008 :: Multiple Languages In Same Column - How To Sort / Select
Jul 29, 2011We have a database where the nvarchar columns currently holding English only data. It keeps the training information. Currently the default collation is Latin Case insensitive accent insensitive.
Now we are planning to allow multiple language support. When we go for it, we will upload the data from different languages. Based on user preferences, he/she should be able to query the data (One language at a time).
I am worried on how the existing queries will work if I load all language data in the same database.
For example, some characters in English are used in Norwegian too. But they have different sort order. ALso LIKE conditions too may fail.
So far I thought of few solutions: Add the Collation information along with select , order by clauses. It means we need to add more procedures (one set per collation) The other option is to create new database for each language. Each will have its own collation. The dowside is we need more databases which may lead to more servers and more maintenance work.
DB Engine :: BCP Output Is Performing Ascending Sort Based On Values Of First Column
Jun 24, 2015As bcp does not allow for the column names to be included; I have developed a method for providing the columns. The end result is that two Tables are required for each output; a "ColumnNames" table and the Table that contains the actual data; however the bcp command is sorting the data; why this is happening?
According to Microsoft, by default bcp will not apply any sorting unless specified.
Here is the command I am using to perform the bcp output: -
SET
@bcpCommand =(select
'bcp "SELECT * FROM GPReports.dbo.MIS001_BCPColumnNames UNION SELECT * FROM GPReports.dbo.voltemp" queryout '
+ @FilePath+'
-c -t -T')
EXEC
master..xp_cmdshell
@bcpCommand
This is the bcp topic I referred to [URL] ....
Power Pivot :: How To Create Incrementing Sub Counter For (sort By Column) Purposes
Nov 16, 2015I have a table ComponentPeriod. In it we have the combination of a component (e.g. A,B,C ) and a period (2014 Q1, 2014 Q2, 2014 January etc)I want the periods to be in descending order (2015 Q4, 2015 Dec, 2015 Nov, 2015 Oct, 2015 Q3 ... etc) and so I need to create a sequential number series to allow this to happen (as we can only order in the client tools by a single column - and so I guess the technique I'm looking for is used a lot to produce these types of "order by" columns)
I have done this in the past using
Period_Sequence =
calculate
(countrows(Period)
,filter
(Period
, Period[Start_Date] <= earlier(Period[Start_Date])
&& Period[Duration_String] = earlier(Period[Duration_String])
)
)
Which was fine when I was referring to a table where Periods where distinct directly but now I have denormalised this for ComponentPeriod so I need something a little more sophisticated Whats the best way to get a sequence with perhaps some partitions in across a subset of distinct columns (I guess from SUMMARIZE or similar)
E.g. I want
Period_Name, Type, Sequence
2015 Q4, Quarter, 1
2015 Dec, Month, 2
2015 Nov, Month, 3
2015 Oct, Month, 4
2015 Q3, Quarter, 5
2015 Sep, Month, 6
etc
even though there may be multiple records in ComponentPeriod that have the period 2015 Q4, but I want them all to have the value Sequence value of 1? I've got as far as:
Period_Sequence Desc =
calculate
(countrows(summarize(ComponentPeriod, ComponentPeriod[Period_End_Date]))
,filter
( ComponentPeriod
, ComponentPeriod[Period_End_Date] >= earlier(ComponentPeriod[Period_End_Date])
)
)
But this doesn't distinguish between the different types. I need an equivalent of the t-sql -
row_number() over (order by Period_End_Date desc, case when 'P3M' then 1 when 'P1M' then 2 end asc
Am Using Sql Server 2005, Column Data Type Is Varchar, How To Write A Query To Sort
Aug 2, 2006this data. need help
Sort following numbers by asc and desc order
Before query sort
-1.1
-8.8
-15.5
0.0
+0.5
+0.2
Sort asc
+0.5
+0.2
0.0
-1.1
-8.8
Sort Desc
-8.8
-1.1
0.0
+0.2
+0.5
How To Sort Table In Sql2000 With Ipaddress(format X.x.x.x) As Column With Nvarchar Datatype In Ascending Order
Apr 19, 2006How to sort table in sql2000 with ipaddress(format x.x.x.x) as column with nvarchar datatype in ascending order
without using stored procedure
Ex:
Table: netComputers(3 rows)
Column Name: ipAddress (string data type)
ipAddress
0.0.18.1
0.1.1.2
0.0.0.1
Sql query : if I use the query
Select ipAddress from netComputers order by cast( replace(ipaddress,'.','') as numeric(12)) asc
Gives result as :
ipAddress
0.0.0.1
0.1.1.2
0.0.18.1
Where as expected result should be:
ipAddress
0.0.0.1
0.0.18.1
0.1.1.2
Alphanumeric Primary Key
Jun 15, 2005Is it possible to have an auto increment alphanumeric primary key eg A1, A2, A3
Thanks
Paul.
Constraints With Alphanumeric
Apr 10, 2008Hi experts,
I am executing a script to add a column to few tables and drop existing constraints, create new foreign key constraints, indexes etc. After we test this on our development database we have to deliver the script to the customer.
My concern here is, when I have to drop the constraint with the name, I am not able to do it because its been created with alphanumeric char in the constraint name. So I end up getting the constraint name for each table. And moreover,
I wont be able to deliver the same script to the customer as the alphanumeric in the constraint names on the customer's database will be different.
Any suggestions to overcome these alphanumeric in the constraint names?
Thanks much
AlphaNumeric Function
Jan 10, 2008Greetings all,
I have upsized 2 foxpro table to SQL Express.
In table 2 called Orphan I have/had a field that
would autonumber with the letter "U" first.
Example would create a AlphaNumber Like "U00001223"
In Foxpro this is a easy function, But I have been
unable to find a similiar way to do this in SQLEXPRESS.
Foxpro would have you define the field as Unique Number with
template defintion of "U"N8
In SQL I know you can use Numeric on a field for a unique number
but cant find setting to proced number with a "U"
Is this doable is in SQL and does anybody have a
reference point or example they could share ?
Any help would be great and hope my question made sense..
WHERE Alphanumeric = Numeric
Dec 20, 2007
All,
I'm having trouble with a query where I need to limit a resultset by comparing (using a WHERE clause) a field that is alphanumeric with one that is numeric. I've tried converting, casting, and case statements, but I either get an overflow error or a big slap on the wrist by SQL Server 2005. Does anyone have any good solutions to this? I've been racking my brain for a while now.
Thanks for the help!
-Scott Mescall
Alphanumeric Paging On GridView?
Feb 3, 2007Hello,
I have a SQL database with about 300 company names and corresponding phone numbers. I would like to show a list of linkbuttons titled A-Z and when pressed, rebind the sqldatasource so that my GridView will only show company names that start with that letter.
I know there are some examples on codeproject.com, but they are a bit over my head... besides, I don't mind writing a custom select statement for the OnClick of every linkbutton if that's what I have to do. Problem is I haven't a clue how to write a select statement that will return items who's first letter matches my desired letter?
Any idea?
Thanks,
-Derek
Alphanumeric Autonumber Primary Key
Oct 26, 2004Hi there,The age old question of creating a unique alphanumeric value automatically like ABC0001, ABC0002 Is it possible to do this automatically? That is, without having to update it which will slow the db down horribly?
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Nov 27, 2014I'm using SQL 2008 with table [AgentDetails] and fields [IDCode],[FirstName],[LastName],..etc. [IDCode] is alphanumeric [AAA001].
Is it possible to increment both alpha & numeric when new record is inserted. e.g.
AAA001,AAA002......AAA999,AAB000,AAB001,...AAB999,AAC000,AAC001...etc. with a user function or some stored procedure.