Question

i’m wondering whether it is possible to use ORDER BY clause (or any other clause(s)) to do sorting without considering some words.

For ex, article ‘the’:

1. Bank of Switzerland
2. Bank of America
3. The Bank of England

should be sorted into:

1. Bank of America
2. The Bank of England
3. Bank of Switzerland

and NOT

1. Bank of America
2. Bank of Switzerland
3. The Bank of England

Answer 1

select * from #test
order by
case when test like 'The %' then substring(test, 5, 8000) else test end