Question

I want a SQL query to display the following data

ID Name
1  AAA
2  BBB
3  CCC
4  DDD

as this:

ID Name
4  AAA
3  BBB
2  CCC
1  DDD

without changing the other columns.

Kindly suggest?

Thanks

Answer 1

I’m going with something like this :

SELECT t2.ID, t1.NAME
FROM
    (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID DESC) AS rownumber,
           Name
    FROM MyTable) as t1
    INNER JOIN
        (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY ID ASC) AS rownumber,
                ID
         FROM MyTable) as t2
ON t1.rownumber = t2.rownumber

You have to set to each row a number for the Name field, and for the ID field, in different order, and then join between them to retrieve the datas in different order.