simple sorting task in database USING SQL SERVER 2005, ASP.NET 3.5

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Hi, my teacher gave me task like ....

First store this data in a database then

Sort this :
A-1
A-2
A-12
A-2-A
A-1-A-1
SHOP-1
B-42
B-1
C-240
B-1-A
B-2
MB-12
HANGAR-1

In this form

A-1
A-12
A-1-A-1
A-2
A-2-A
B-1
B-1-A
B-2
C-240
MB-12
HANGAR-1
SHOP-1

Simple Sorting... any one can plx give me some idea or clue how can i do this . which query i should use here ??

regards

Posted 14-Apr-12 12:14pm

syed armaan hussain

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Dhanushka Madushan lk · Answer 1 · 2012-04-14T16:59:00

Solution 1

Use ORDER BY [column] ASC

SQL

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[test](
    [Id] [int] NOT NULL,
    [value] [nvarchar](max) NOT NULL
)

SELECT [Id]
      ,[value]
  FROM [database_name].[dbo].[test]
  ORDER BY value ASC

Posted 14-Apr-12 16:59pm

Dhanushka Madushan lk

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Nelek 15-Apr-12 6:37am

Please next time it is clear the question is homework, point out the direction, but don't give a direct solution. If you do that, how are they going to learn?

Dhanushka Madushan lk 15-Apr-12 11:04am

Sorry my mistake ... wont happen again..

Nelek 15-Apr-12 18:59pm

Don't worry, it is not a crime

syed armaan hussain 15-Apr-12 12:30pm

@DHANUSHKA

i did it with

order by [column name] ASC but it gives me result like this

A-1
A-1-A-1
A-12
A-2
A-2-A
B-1
B-1-A
B-2
B-42
C-240
HANGAR-1
MB-12
SHOP-1

but as i mentioned above i want my result like this

A-1
A-12
A-1-A-1
A-2
A-2-A
B-1
B-1-A
B-2
C-240
MB-12
HANGAR-1
SHOP-1 "there is some diffrence between these two tables"

Nelek 15-Apr-12 18:57pm

The difference is because the value of "-" is lower than "2". That's why the ASC sorting brings it before. Take a look into the notes of the lecture, search for the SORT options and try to figure out how to mix them so that you get the long A-1-A-1 before the A-12

Dhanushka Madushan lk 16-Apr-12 2:27am

It is because I used [nvarchar]... ASC order is different between [nvarchar] and [varchar]. Google for more information
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa174903%28v=sql.80%29.aspx
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3056967/weird-sql-server-2005-collation-difference-between-varchar-and-nvarchar

syed armaan hussain 18-Apr-12 16:37pm

thnk u :) guyz