Example: Ordering on Column Position - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Data Manipulation Language

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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
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17.20
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June 2022
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The following example substitutes the integer 3 for yrs_exp in the ORDER BY clause. The 3 refers to the left-to-right sequential numeric position of yrs_exp in the select expression list.

     SELECT name, jobtitle, yrs_exp
     FROM employee
     ORDER BY 3;