Question

I have a query that returns among others a Record Status column. The record status column has several values like: “Active”, “Deleted”, etc …

I need to order the results by “Active”, then “Deleted”, then etc …

I am currently creating CTEs to bring each set of records then UNION ALL. Is there a better and dynamic way of getting the query done?

Thank you,

Answer 1

For more status values, you can do this:

WITH StatusOrders
AS
(
  SELECT StatusOrderID, StatusName
  FROM (VALUES(1, 'Active'), 
              (2, 'Deleted'),
              ...
              n, 'last status')) AS Statuses(StatusOrderID, StatusName)
)
SELECT *
FROM YourTable t
INNER JOIN StatusOrders s ON t.StatusName = s.StatusName
ORDER BY s.StatusOrderID;