Combining ORDER BY AND UNION in SQL Server

Question

How can I get first record of a table and last record of a table in one result-set?

This Query fails

SELECT TOP 1 Id,Name FROM Locations ORDER BY Id
         


        

Answer 1

select * from (
SELECT TOP 1 Id,Name FROM Locations ORDER BY Id) X
UNION ALL
SELECT TOP 1 Id,Name FROM Locations ORDER BY Id DESC