Example: Ordering on an Expression - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.00
Published
September 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-23
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The following example returns a list of each department number and its total population, in the order of lowest population first. The ORDER BY clause specifies a column expression, COUNT(name), to collate the response set.

     SELECT COUNT(name), dept_no
     FROM employee
     GROUP BY dept_no,
     ORDER BY COUNT(name);