"Order by" clause

I run the script below in sql2005 and am receiving the error msg 209. Do I
need a prefix to order by either STATE, TAXAMNT, or SUBTOTAL because I want
them displyed in front.
Thank you.
Charlie
select STATE, TAXAMNT, SUBTOTAL, *
from sop30200
where state in('NJ','NY','WA','CO','CA','ME','OK','VA','PA','T N')
AND SOPTYPE IN (3,4)
AND DOCDATE between '2007-02-01 00:00:00.000' and '2007-02-28 00:00:00.000'
--AND TAXEXMT1 = ' '
AND SUBTOTAL <> 0
--AND SOPNUMBE LIKE 'NCINV%'
AND VOIDSTTS = 0
AND SOPNUMBE NOT IN
(SELECT INVNO
FROM VERTEX..REGPRERETURNSTBL
WHERE COMPCD = 'ABS'
and invno between '20070201' and '20070228')
--AND SHIPTOGEOCODE LIKE '31%')
ORDER BY STATE DESC
Msg 209, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Ambiguous column name 'STATE'.
While there is no actual ambiguity, the parser is not so sure.
Your select list contains the STATE column twice: once
explicitly as the first column and once again in the *. The
parser does not know whether you want to sort on the
source column sop30200.STATE or on the output column
STATE. They are the same in this query, but there are
queries where they could be different because some
output expression or column is aliased as STATE. The
parser does not try to figure out the meaning of the query.
There are two solutions. One is to specify
ORDER BY sop30200.STATE
and the other is to list all the columns you want in the output
separately and one each, not using the * notation. The second
solution is the better one, at least in production, because neither
* nor duplicate columns in the output are typically a good idea.
But if this is just a quick ad hoc query, the first solution is fine.
-- Steve Kass
-- Drew University
-- http://www.stevekass.com
chas2006 wrote:

>I run the script below in sql2005 and am receiving the error msg 209. Do I
>need a prefix to order by either STATE, TAXAMNT, or SUBTOTAL because I want
>them displyed in front.
>Thank you.
>Charlie
>select STATE, TAXAMNT, SUBTOTAL, *
>from sop30200
>where state in('NJ','NY','WA','CO','CA','ME','OK','VA','PA','T N')
>AND SOPTYPE IN (3,4)
>AND DOCDATE between '2007-02-01 00:00:00.000' and '2007-02-28 00:00:00.000'
>--AND TAXEXMT1 = ' '
>AND SUBTOTAL <> 0
>--AND SOPNUMBE LIKE 'NCINV%'
>AND VOIDSTTS = 0
>AND SOPNUMBE NOT IN
>(SELECT INVNO
>FROM VERTEX..REGPRERETURNSTBL
>WHERE COMPCD = 'ABS'
>and invno between '20070201' and '20070228')
>--AND SHIPTOGEOCODE LIKE '31%')
>ORDER BY STATE DESC
>
>Msg 209, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
>Ambiguous column name 'STATE'.
>

"group by" by excluding prefix

Suppose there is a table containing these recodes.

country
---
CON_CHN
CON_JAP
JAP
CON_CHN

When I use the following sql:
select country, count(*) as num from table group by country

the normal result will be:
country num
-----
CON_CHN2
CON_JAP 1
JAP1

However, my desired result is as follows:
country num
------
CON_CHN2
CON_JAP 2

How can I re-write my SQL? Or any other methods to do that?Is the length of the string (prefix or sufix) fixed? Can the string be
something like CON_CANA ? Also, it would help if you provided sample
scripts...

MC

"littlebeam" <cyrus.lan@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Suppose there is a table containing these recodes.
> country
> ---
> CON_CHN
> CON_JAP
> JAP
> CON_CHN
> When I use the following sql:
> select country, count(*) as num from table group by country
> the normal result will be:
> country num
> -----
> CON_CHN 2
> CON_JAP 1
> JAP 1
> However, my desired result is as follows:
> country num
> ------
> CON_CHN 2
> CON_JAP 2
> How can I re-write my SQL? Or any other methods to do that?|||If your prefix is always "CON_" then this should work

SELECT Replace(country, 'CON_',''), COUNT(Replace(country, 'CON_',''))
from myTable
Group by Replace(country, 'CON_','')

Markus