Query is executed, but SQL won't store View

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Query is executed, but SQL won't store View

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barnabeck
Posting Yak Master

236 Posts

Posted - 2012-07-11 : 07:57:45

I have a complex QUERY that is executed correctly but SQL won't allow me to store it???!!! The error it throws says:

The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries and common table expression, unless TOP or FOR XML is also specified.

The Query is a join of 3 tables with 10 Lines, in which a 11th line, containing the totals has been added in each of the 3 tables with UNION ALL. So the structure is:

SELECT a.SalesUnit, a.Budget, b.SalesOrders, c.Turnover
FROM 
(SELECT SalesUnit, SUM(Budget) FROM Budgettable GROUP BY SalesUnit)
        UNION ALL
(SELECT 'Total' as SalesUnit, SUM(Budget) FROM Budgettable) as a

JOIN

(SELECT SalesUnit, SUM(SalesOrders) FROM SOTable GROUP BY SalesUnit)
        UNION ALL
(SELECT 'Total' as SalesUnit, SUM(SalesOrders) FROM SOTable) as b on a.SalesUnit = b.SalesUnit

JOIN

(SELECT SalesUnit, SUM(Turnover) FROM TOTable GROUP BY SalesUnit)
        UNION ALL
(SELECT 'Total' as SalesUnit, SUM(Turnover) FROM TOTable) as c on a.SalesUnit = c.SalesUnit
ORDER BY a.SalesUnit

I really do not understand the error message and what I am supposed to do in order to make it work.

Regards, Martin

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2012-07-11 : 08:25:01

The error message tells you to remove the ORDER BY if you want to make this a view.
Another trick is to do a SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT a.SalesUnit, a.Budget, ...

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

barnabeck
Posting Yak Master

236 Posts

Posted - 2012-07-11 : 09:10:53

Ahhh... that easy?! Thank you!

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2012-07-11 : 10:01:19

i didnt understand the relevance of ORDER BY here though. If its inside a view after SQL 2000 it wont guarantee order in which results are returned from view unless you use an explicit ORDER BY in select from view statement.

see

http://visakhm.blogspot.com/2010/01/behaviour-of-order-by-inside-view.html

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barnabeck
Posting Yak Master

236 Posts

Posted - 2012-07-11 : 10:28:43

You are right Visakh16, it was not relevant at all. But I wouldn't see it in that moment

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