An ORDER BY clause that uses column positions : Order by « Query « SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial

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4>
5>
6> create table Bankers(
7>    BankerID             Integer,
8>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
9>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
10>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
13>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
14>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
15> )
16> GO
1>
2> insert into Bankers values (1, 'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (2, 'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (3, 'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (4, 'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (5, 'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (6, 'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (7, 'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (8, 'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (9, 'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (0, 'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> SELECT BankerName,
4>     BankerCity + ', ' + BankerState + ' ' + BankerZipCode AS Address
5> FROM Bankers
6> ORDER BY 2, 1
7> GO
BankerName           Address
-------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
YUI Inc.             Calgary, TY 66666
DEF Inc.             New York, DE 22222
SAD Inc.             Orland, PO 88888
HJI Inc.             Paris, CA 33333
QWE Inc.             Regina, ER 44444
OIP Inc.             San Franc, FG 77777
GHJ Inc.             Ticker, MN 00000
RTY Inc.             Toronto, YU 55555
ABC Inc.             Vancouver, BC 11111
DFG Inc.             Wisler, PL 99999

(10 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table Bankers;
3> GO
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