Question

I have a table that contains a name of a color (teal, for example) and the associated primary color (blue). Sometimes a color entry can be the same as its associated primary color (red, red).

How can I do a GROUP BY PRIMARY_COLOR where the COLOR for each group are in alphabetical order…except when a COLOR and PRIMARY_COLOR match — this entry needs to be at the top of the grouping.

Example:

COLOR    PRIMARY_COLOR
------------------------
teal     blue
magma    red
sky      blue
red      red
magenta  red

should result…

COLOR    PRIMARY_COLOR
------------------------
sky      blue
teal     blue
red      red
magenta  red
magma    red

Answer 1

Order by (ASSOCIATEDCOLOR = COLOR), ASSOCIATEDCOLOR