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Order by month number in a group by

jmmclaren

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December 19, 2014 at 9:26 am

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Hi,
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SET NOCOUNT ON;
USE tempdb;
GO
CREATE TABLE CheckRegistry (
CheckNumber smallint,
PayTo varchar(20),
Amount money,
CheckFor varchar(20),
CheckDate date);
INSERT INTO CheckRegistry VALUES
(1000,'Seven Eleven',12.57,'Food','2011-07-12'),
(1001,'Costco',128.57,'Clothes','2011-07-15'),
(1002,'Costco',21.87,'Clothes','2011-07-18'),
(1003,'AT&T',69.23,'Utilities','2011-07-25'),
(1004,'Comcast',45.95,'Utilities','2011-07-25'),
(1005,'Northwest Power',69.18,'Utilities','2011-07-25'),
(1006,'StockMarket',59.25,'Food','2011-07-25'),
(1007,'Safeway',120.21,'Food','2011-07-28'),
(1008,'Albertsons',9.15,'Food','2011-08-02'),
(1009,'Amazon',158.34,'Clothes','2011-08-05'),
(1010,'Target',89.21,'Clothes','2011-08-06'),
(1011,'AT&T',69.23,'Utilities','2011-08-25'),
(1012,'Comcast',45.95,'Utilities','2011-08-25'),
(1013,'Nordstrums',259.12,'Clothes','2011-08-27'),
(1014,'AT&T',69.23,'Utilities','2011-09-25'),
(1015,'Comcast',45.95,'Utilities','2011-09-25'),
(1016,'Northwest Power',71.35,'Utilities','2011-09-25'),
(1017,'Safeway',123.25,'Food','2011-09-25'),
(1018,'Albertsons',65.11,'Food','2011-09-29'),
(1019,'McDonalds',12.57,'Food','2011-09-29'),
(1020,'AT&T',69.23,'Utilities','2011-10-25'),
(1021,'Comcast',45.95,'Utilities','2011-10-25'),
(1022,'Black Angus',159.23,'Food','2011-10-25'),
(1023,'TicketMasters',59.87,'Entertainment','2011-10-30'),
(1024,'WalMart',25.11,'Clothes','2011-10-31'),
(1025,'Albertsons',158.50,'Food','2011-10-31');
This is the query.
Select datename(month,CheckDate),
SUM(Amount) As Total
from CheckRegistry
group by datename(month,CheckDate)
How can I get the result orderd by the month number?
Please Advice.
Thanks

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Mark Cowne One Orange Chip Points: 26944 More actions · Answer 1

order by max(datepart(month,CheckDate))

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jmmclaren SSC Rookie Points: 48 More actions · Answer 2

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December 19, 2014 at 9:43 am

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003894 More actions · Answer 3

Just in case you need to sort month names in the correct order, please see the following article...

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/71511/

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