http://www.waldar.org/blog/200907/is-distinct-a-synonym-to-order-by-in-ms-sql-server SQL behind Business Intelligence Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.waldar.org/blog/200907/is-distinct-a-synonym-to-order-by-in-ms-sql-server/comment-page-1#comment-17 Antoine Gémis Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:09:32 +0000 http://www.waldar.org/blog/?p=313#comment-17 Well done Waldar! Nice pragmatic approach. So, SQL is a declarative language, you could be lucky with DISTINCT SORT if it's the outermost part of a simple execution plan, but with no garantee as you do not manage execution plan. If you want to sort, ask for it :-) Well done Waldar! Nice pragmatic approach. So, SQL is a declarative language, you could be lucky with DISTINCT SORT if it’s the outermost part of a simple execution plan, but with no garantee as you do not manage execution plan. If you want to sort, ask for it :-)

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