MS-SQL sort output in descending order

Question

I have this MS-SQL query with thousands of row records in database:

SELECT DISTINCT TOP 7 DATENAME(MM, mydatetime) + \' \' + CAST(DAY(mydatetime) AS VA         


        

Answer 1

For your actual requirement, you can use your current query as a derived table and order that result in the way you want:

SELECT *
FROM (  SELECT DISTINCT TOP 7 DATENAME(mm, mydatetime) + ' ' 
                              + CAST(DAY(mydatetime) AS VARCHAR(2)) AS thedate, 
                              MONTH(mydatetime)                     AS theMonth, 
                              DAY(mydatetime)                       AS theDay, 
                              COUNT(page)                           AS totalcount, 
                              COUNT(DISTINCT page)                  AS visitors 
        FROM   sometable 
        WHERE  page LIKE '%AEC%' 
        GROUP  BY DATENAME(mm, mydatetime) + ' ' 
                  + CAST(DAY(mydatetime) AS VARCHAR(2)), 
                  MONTH(mydatetime), 
                  DAY(mydatetime) 
        ORDER  BY MONTH(mydatetime) DESC, 
                  DAY(mydatetime) DESC) A
ORDER BY theMonth, theDay