Ordering by a field not in the select statement in SQL
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Solution 1
Of course you can. Your query looks like SQL Server, where this will likely do what you want:
Select top 3500 a.customer_no
From T_CUSTOMER a WITH (NOLOCK) JOIN
(Select a1.customer_no
From VXS_CUST_TKW a1 WITH (NOLOCK)
Where a1.tkw in (141)
) e
ON e.customer_no = a.customer_no
Where 1 = 1
group by a.customer_no
order by max(a.create_dt) desc;
The equivalent query in MySQL would look like:
Select a.customer_no
From T_CUSTOMER a JOIN
(Select a1.customer_no
From VXS_CUST_TKW a1
Where a1.tkw in (141)
) e
ON e.customer_no = a.customer_no
Where 1 = 1
order by a.create_dt desc
limit 3500;
I removed the distinct
because it may not be necessary. If it is, add it back in.
Solution 2
This does not look like mysql.
Anyway... you could try an ordered sub-select IE
From (select * from T_CUSTOMER order by create_dt) a WITH (NOLOCK)
I hope this helps.
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YelizavetaYR
Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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YelizavetaYR about 2 years
I need to create a query that pulls only the customer_no column (because the software restrictions are as such, and I can't code it externally). But I need to be able to sort the data by create_dt (in reverse) column. The code/SQL is restricting me in using the following because in order to sort by something that data has to appear int the select statement.
I can't have it appear there – is there any way around this?
Select Distinct top 3500 a.customer_no From T_CUSTOMER a WITH (NOLOCK) JOIN (Select a1.customer_no From VXS_CUST_TKW a1 WITH (NOLOCK) Where a1.tkw in (141)) as e ON e.customer_no = a.customer_no Where 1 = 1 order by a.create_dt desc