经常见sql语句中order by 1或者order by 2...order by N,有时候很莫名其妙.其实1表示第一个栏位,2表示第二栏位; 依此类推,当表中只有2个栏位时,oder by 3就会出错,这个跟order by 列名没有什么区别,不过在特殊情况下还是很有用的.
例如table1(p_code int,issue_date datetime,issue_num int)
p_code issue_date issue_num
101 2016-12-01 00:00:00.000 45
102 2016-12-01 00:00:00.000 89
102 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 44
103 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 44
101 2016-12-02 00:00:00.000 44
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 44
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 45
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 44
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 44
102 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 47
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 48
104 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 86
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 56
101 2016-12-03 00:00:00.000 29
101 2016-12-11 00:00:00.000 11
我想获取某个p_code过去(不含当天)10次的issue_num平均值,
可能我们会这么写
select top 10 p_code, avg(issue_num) as avgissue from table1
where issue_date<>(select convert(varchar(10),getdate(),120))
and p_code='101'
group by p_code
order by issue_date desc
但是以上写法是错误,的,会提示 Column "table1.issue_date" is invalid in the ORDER BY clause because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.必须要求issue_date在group by中.
所以我们改成
select top 10 p_code, avg(issue_num) as avgissue from table1
where issue_date<>(select convert(varchar(10),getdate(),120))
and p_code='101'
group by p_code,issue_date
order by issue_date desc
但是得到的结果却是(今天是2016.12.11)
p_code avgissue
101 44
101 44
101 45
显然以上不是我们想要的结果.
那么该如何结果这种问题呢,当然你可以再次进行avg()聚合运算,但是这里我们既然说oder by N,那么就用这个知识来解决.
语句如下.
select top 10 p_code, avg(issue_num) as avgissue from table1
where issue_date<>(select convert(varchar(10),getdate(),120))
and p_code='101'
group by p_code
order by 2 desc
p_code avgissue
101 44
是不是很神奇呢!
当然作为码农,我们尽量用列名来解决,以便增加代码的可读性和易维护性.
相关链接:Order by 1 的解释