Question

I have a table where status can be either GOLD, SILVER, ACTIVE or INACTIVE.

I would like to sort by that… in that order and take top X. How can I write that in my query?

Currently I am filling up a list by first querying for GOLD and then checking the size of the list, then querying for SILVER and again checking the size etc.

Answer 1

SELECT TOP X *
FROM myTable
ORDER BY
  CASE
       WHEN Status = 'GOLD' THEN 4
       WHEN Status = 'SILVER' THEN 3
       WHEN Status = 'ACTIVE'  THEN 2
       WHEN Status = 'INACTIVE' THEN 1
  END DESC