OrderBy Property

In This Topic

Contains list of columns used in the ORDER BY clause of the current SelectStatement object.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property OrderBy As SelectColumnCollection

public SelectColumnCollection OrderBy {get;}

Property Value

A SelectColumnCollection that represents list of columns used in the ORDER BY clause.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the OrderBy property.

csharp

SqlSelectStatement stmt = new SqlSelectStatement();
SelectColumn empName = new SelectColumn("ENAME");
stmt.Columns.Add(empName);
stmt.Tables.Add(new SelectTable("emp"));

stmt.OrderBy.Add(empName);

//select ENAME from emp order by ENAME
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(stmt.ToString());

Visual Basic

Dim stmt As New SqlSelectStatement
Dim empName As New SelectColumn("ENAME")
stmt.Columns.Add(empName)
stmt.Tables.Add(New SelectTable("emp"))

stmt.OrderBy.Add(empName)

'select ENAME from emp order by ENAME
Dim command5 As New SqlCommand(stmt.ToString)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

SelectStatement Class
SelectStatement Members

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