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Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:01 AM
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Hi i am trying to use select distinct with order by case but getting an error like

[color=#990000]"ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified."[/color]

select DISTINCT VacancyInternalID , VacancyTitle ,NULL ParentInternalID , NULL GeoLocation from Vacancy.TB_Vacancy va inner join Config.TB_Contract co on va.VacancyContractID = co.ContractInternalID where co.ContractExternalID = '492A94D0-7D71-46E5-A8F6-E3A973394647' and co.ContractStatusID = 1 and VacancyStatusID = 1 and VacancyTitle like '%%' order by case when @SortFieldIndexConfig=1 then VacancyInternalID end DESC, case when @SortFieldIndexConfig=2 then VacancyTitle end DESC,case when @SortFieldIndexConfig NOT IN(1,2) then VacancyInternalID end DESC


I want a solution without subquery for this problem.can any one help on this topic
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Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:25 AM


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Just add the CASE construct to your SELECT. The CASE construct can be made more compact too:

select distinct VacancyInternalID
,VacancyTitle
,null ParentInternalID
,null GeoLocation
,
order = (
case @SortFieldIndexConfig
when 2
then VacancyTitle
else VacancyInternalID
end
)
from Vacancy.TB_Vacancy va
inner join Config.TB_Contract co on va.VacancyContractID = co.ContractInternalID
where co.ContractExternalID = '492A94D0-7D71-46E5-A8F6-E3A973394647'
and co.ContractStatusID = 1
and VacancyStatusID = 1
and VacancyTitle like '%%'
order by (
case @SortFieldIndexConfig
when 2
then VacancyTitle
else VacancyInternalID
end
) desc



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Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:15 PM
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Hi,
Thanks 4 ur solution but I am getting error in order clause


Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'order'.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ELSE'.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ELSE'.
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28.kanikasoni (10/31/2012)
Hi,
Thanks 4 ur solution but I am getting error in order clause


Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'order'.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ELSE'.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ELSE'.


Try removing the parentheses around the CASE statement in the ORDER BY clause.



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Posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:58 AM


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28.kanikasoni (10/31/2012)
Hi,
Thanks 4 ur solution but I am getting error in order clause


Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'order'.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ELSE'.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ELSE'.


Try removing the parentheses around the CASE statement in the ORDER BY clause.


Actually, I think the problem might be that I used the reserved word 'Order' as column alias. Try this:

select distinct VacancyInternalID
,VacancyTitle
,null ParentInternalID
,null GeoLocation
,
OrderBy = (
case @SortFieldIndexConfig
when 2
then VacancyTitle
else VacancyInternalID
end
)
from Vacancy.TB_Vacancy va
inner join Config.TB_Contract co on va.VacancyContractID = co.ContractInternalID
where co.ContractExternalID = '492A94D0-7D71-46E5-A8F6-E3A973394647'
and co.ContractStatusID = 1
and VacancyStatusID = 1
and VacancyTitle like '%%'
order by (
case @SortFieldIndexConfig
when 2
then VacancyTitle
else VacancyInternalID
end
) desc



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Posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 3:06 AM
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Thank you for your excellent solution now its working fine
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Posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 3:16 AM
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But here I am getting one extra column which I don't want.


and also in other cases I need to use multiple case statement with order by because different datatype of columns create problem in single case statement with multiple whens.

Plz provide solution to this prob
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Posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:16 AM
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You could use Phil's suggested query as a subquery. This lets you add as many CASE statements with as many WHEN statements as you want and it lets you filter out those unwanted columns in the final query result. The following code should give you an idea of what I mean. Obviously the OrderBy2 part would not have the same syntax as OrderBy1.

SELECT 
sub.VacancyInternalID
,sub.VacancyTitle
,sub.ParentInternalID
,sub.GeoLocation
FROM
(
select distinct VacancyInternalID
,VacancyTitle
,null ParentInternalID
,null GeoLocation
,OrderBy1= (
case @SortFieldIndexConfig
when 1 then VacancyInternalID
when 2 then VacancyTitle
else VacancyInternalID
end
)
,OrderBy2= (
case @SortFieldIndexConfig
when 1 then VacancyInternalID
when 2 then VacancyTitle
else VacancyInternalID
end
)
from Vacancy.TB_Vacancy va
inner join Config.TB_Contract co on va.VacancyContractID = co.ContractInternalID
where co.ContractExternalID = '492A94D0-7D71-46E5-A8F6-E3A973394647'
and co.ContractStatusID = 1
and VacancyStatusID = 1
and VacancyTitle like '%%'
) sub
ORDER BY sub.OrderBy1 DESC, sub.OrderBy2 DESC

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