SQL Case Order By specific order

Question

Ok, I asked something similar before, but I\'ve researched it and haven\'t found this specifically. I have a table that I need sorted on fields OptionName(NVarChar) and IsAc

Answer 1

consider each part of the order by as a different column... Apply a case to each component. Get the first part first... then the second part. If it doesn't apply to the second part, just have it always the same value... something like...

ORDER BY 
  CASE WHEN PortalName = 'Company, Inc' THEN 1
       WHEN PortalName = 'Setup' THEN 2
       WHEN PortalName = 'Daily Routine' THEN 3
       WHEN PortalName = 'Master Option' THEN 4 ELSE 5 END,
  CASE WHEN IsActive = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 2 END,
  PortalName ASC