How does sql server sort your data?

Question

I was wondering how sql server sorts it\'s data. I noticed that if I have a table that doesn\'t contain the column \"Id\" and you select data without \"ORDER BY\" sql server

Answer 1

I had a similar experience with SQL Server returning results sorted differently than I expected. I found that if you specify a table hint in the select statement, giving the name of the clustered index, you get the results ordered how you want:

select * from test_order WITH (INDEX([ClusteredIndexName]))