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shanmugaraj
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Posted - 01/01/2013 :  02:45:14  Show Profile  Send shanmugaraj a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
I have Country Table with all the countries.
i want to select country "India" in first row then following by all the countries order by ascending
kindly help me on the query below to make the same..

Select Country_Name form TblCountry order by Country_Name Asc


THANKS
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shenulal
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India
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Posted - 01/01/2013 :  06:23:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
select 'India' as Country
union
Select CountryName as Contry from Country
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shenulal
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India
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Posted - 01/01/2013 :  06:23:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
select 'India' as Country
union
Select CountryName as Contry from Country
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lionofdezert
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Posted - 01/01/2013 :  09:55:55  Show Profile  Visit lionofdezert's Homepage  Send lionofdezert a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Select Country_Name
FROM TblCountry
order by CASE WHEN Country_Name='India' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END DESC, Country_Name Asc

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visakh16
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India
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Posted - 01/03/2013 :  01:14:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by shenulal

select 'India' as Country
union
Select CountryName as Contry from Country


this will not still guarantee order starting with India

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