Question

I am facing problem in order by, I am fetching the records from SQL DB based on the keyword with like, now I want all records should be return based on entered keyword order.
Example: If user enter “Physics” then it first return the Physics(exact word) if exists, after that return all another records.

SELECT *
FROM Subject SM
WHERE SM.SubjectName LIKE '%' + @SubjectName + '%'
ORDER BY @SubjectName DESC

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

SELECT  *
FROM    Subject SM
WHERE   SM.SubjectName LIKE '%' + @SubjectName + '%'
ORDER BY CASE WHEN SM.SubjectName = @SubjectName THEN 0
              ELSE 1
         END ASC ,
        SM.SubjectName DESC