How to sort values in columns and update table?

Question

I\'m completely new to sql and can\'t do that myself. So I need your help. I want to sort values in column and then save changes. But I don\'t know how to do that.

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Answer 1

This is my fix... stupid simple:

1. Extract to temp table

SELECT SortKeyValue (add any other fixed values, just don't include the existing sequence) INTO #Temp FROM SourceTable;

2. Empty the table:

TRUNCATE TABLE SourceTable

3. Reinsert:

INSERT INTO SourceTable (SortKeyValue, DisplayOrder (plus other fields)) SELECT SortKeyValue, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY SortKeyValue) AS DispOrd (plus other fields) FROM #Temp;

4. Done!