Question

This is for Android SQLite. I have two queries like this:

select * from table where name='name';

and

select * from table where name!='name' order by name;

I want to create a statement which combines these two queries. I tried union all but I can’t do order by one statement and then combine. I tried this:

select * from table where name='name'
union all
select * from table where name!='name' order by name;

All it did is to combine the queries and then order by name. I don’t want that. I want to do order by on the second statement first and then combine them.

To put the question differently, here is my data:

Name

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j

But I want the output to be:

Name

g
a
b
c
d
e
f
h
i
j

I want to get one row to the top and then order the rest of the rows. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

No need to use temporary tables, you need to add an additional column to sort on. Something like this:

select 1, * from table where name='name'
union all
select 2, * from table where name!='name' 
order by 1, name;

I don’t have a sqlite install right now, but this trick should work. (you may have to add an alias to the first column).