CREATE TABLE #ORDERTEST
(
OPER nchar(1),
ORDINAL INT
)
INSERT INTO #ORDERTEST VALUES('+', 1)
INSERT INTO #ORDERTEST VALUES('-', 2)
INSERT INTO #ORDERTEST VALUES('+', 3)
SELECT * FROM #ORDERTEST ORDER BY OPER
DROP TABLE #ORDERTEST
This creates a super simple temp table, inserts some values, and selects them. The oddity here is that it orders the '-' first. This despite fact that the '+' character has an ASCII value of 43 and '-' has an ASCII value of 45. Even weirder than this is if you replace the nchar(1) with a char(1) declaration it returns the result set ordered in reverse, correctly prioritizing the '+' character over the '-'.Experts Exchange always has the answer, or at the least points me in the correct direction! It is like having another employee that is extremely experienced.
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