Question

I am generating an SQL query:

SELECT * FROM ToDoList 
WHERE ws_status <> 'Completed' 
AND (user_id= 'TESTUSR' OR ww_cover='TESTUSR' 
OR (ws_status = 'Orphan' AND wwt_workgroupid IN (108))) 
**ORDER BY psc_alt_code ASC**

And I need to list all results with wi_urgent set to ‘Y’ and order them by date Desc *first and then list all other results ordered by psc_alt_code descending* so I thought something like this would suffice:

ORDER BY (wi_urgent = 'Y') DESC, psc_alt_code ASC

I am getting SqlClient.SqlException: Incorrect syntax near '=' error when trying to run that query. Please note that I am querying an SQL View if that makes a difference?

Answer 1

You can use a case expression in the order by

SELECT * FROM ToDoList 
WHERE ws_status <> 'Completed' 
AND (user_id= 'TESTUSR' OR ww_cover='TESTUSR' 
OR (ws_status = 'Orphan' AND wwt_workgroupid IN (108))) 
ORDER BY CASE WHEN wi_urgent = 'Y' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END ASC
,psc_alt_code