Grant Fritchey

Grant Fritchey is a SQL Server MVP with over 20 years’ experience in IT including time spent in support and development. Grant has worked with SQL Server since version 6.0 back in 1995. He has developed in VB, VB.Net, C# and Java. Grant has authored books for Apress and Simple-Talk, and joined Red Gate as a Product Advocate in January 2011. Find Grant on Twitter @GFritchey or on his blog as the Scary DBA.

All authors

Blog Post

SQL Spackle

I previously mentioned how SQL Server Central was listing ideas for articles, primarily for short, quick, pointed articles that they...

2010-12-02

1,190 reads

Blog Post

Regressions

Hannah Dustin, Upset about Regression
One of the most important take-aways from David Dewitt’s presentation at the PASS Summit was the...

2010-11-30

1,615 reads

Blog Post

FreeCon

I got my FreeCon. What’s more, I did it in public and didn’t get in trouble.
FreeCon is the brain child...

2010-11-24

1,605 reads

All authors

Blogs

Unlock the Power of Your Data: From Basic to Advanced Data Analysis

By

Data isn't just about numbers and spreadsheets. It holds stories, patterns, and the answers...

Attacking the Weakest Link

By

When I look at a system and think about its security model, the first...

Webinar – Microsoft Fabric for Dummies

By

On Wednesday May 15th 2024 I will give a free webinar on MSSQLTips.com about...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

What is Carisol 350mg ?

By fafawec116

Carisol 350mg is the main ingredient. Its powerful formulation, which includes the active ingredient...

The "ORDER BY" clause behavior

By Alessandro Mortola

Comments posted to this topic are about the item The "ORDER BY" clause behavior

Are IT Certifications Still Relevant?

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Are IT Certifications Still Relevant?

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

The "ORDER BY" clause behavior

Let’s consider the following script that can be executed without any error on both SQL Sever and PostgreSQL. We define the table t1 in which we insert three records: 

create table t1 (id int primary key, city varchar(50));

insert into t1 values (1, 'Rome'), (2, 'New York'), (3, NULL);
If we execute the following query, how will the records be sorted in both environments? 
select city

from t1

order by city;

See possible answers