Question

I need to add a single record on top of an sql query eg if there is a table called proptype and has 3 records (ID (int) + Name (nvarchar) = 1 Apartment, 2 Townhouse, 3 Villa) then I would like to select and sort (on name) those 3 records and add manually a new record (NULL Please Select) on top.

The result therefore should be

ID     Name

NULL   Select
1      Apartment
2      Townhouse
3      Villa

Please advice, thanks, Mike

Answer 1

select ID, Name
from 
(
  select null as ID, 'Select' as Name
  union all
  select ID, Name
  from prototype
) as T  
order by case when ID is null then 0 else 1 end, Name