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How do I sort a table by column in SQL?
The ORDER BY statement in sql is used to sort the fetched data in either ascending or descending according to one or more columns.
- By default ORDER BY sorts the data in ascending order.
- We can use the keyword DESC to sort the data in descending order and the keyword ASC to sort in ascending order.
How do I change the order of a table in SQL?
To change the column order
- In Object Explorer, right-click the table with columns you want to reorder and click Design.
- Select the box to the left of the column name that you want to reorder.
- Drag the column to another location within the table.
Is there a way to sort a table in SQL?
If the table has an autogenerated PK then this code probably replaces the original table with one in which the PK order (initially) is consistent with ordering by the Name column, but SQL has no sense of sorting a table itself, only sorting results.
Why is the sorting of columns in alphabetical order disabled?
So from a visual you are right clicking on the column, and choosing sort – but it don’t work and this is hard to see. So try the sort on a table (just open the table directly to test this). If the sort works just fine on the table, then likely this is a datasheet form with the column disabled.
How do you sort a table by country?
Click the headers to sort the table. Click “Name” to sort by names, and “Country” to sort by country. The first time you click, the sorting direction is ascending (A to Z). Click again, and the sorting direction will be descending (Z to A): Name. Country.
Why is it not possible to sort a column in Excel?
I have no idea why you are unable to sort the datasheet on the column, but you should never interface with data in a table’s raw datasheet view other than possibly when debugging. Data should only be exposed in a form or report. In the case of the former the form’s RecordSource would be a query as Karl suggests, e.g.