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7>
8> create table Bankers(
9>    BankerID             Integer,
10>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
13>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
14>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
15>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
16>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
17> )
18> GO
1>
2> insert into Bankers values (1, 'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (2, 'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (3, 'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (4, 'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (5, 'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (6, 'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (7, 'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (8, 'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (9, 'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (0, 'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT * FROM Bankers
3> ORDER BY CAST(BankerZipCode AS int)
4> GO
BankerID    BankerName           BankerContactLName   BankerContactFName   BankerCity           BankerState          BankerZipCode        BankerPhone
----------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
          0 GHJ Inc.             Bit                  Lee                  Ticker               MN                   00000                000-000-0000
          1 ABC Inc.             Joe                  Smith                Vancouver            BC                   11111                111-111-1111
          2 DEF Inc.             Red                  Rice                 New York             DE                   22222                222-222-2222
          3 HJI Inc.             Kit                  Cat                  Paris                CA                   33333                333-333-3333
          4 QWE Inc.             Git                  Black                Regina               ER                   44444                444-444-4444
          5 RTY Inc.             Wil                  Lee                  Toronto              YU                   55555                555-555-5555
          6 YUI Inc.             Ted                  Larry                Calgary              TY                   66666                666-666-6666
          7 OIP Inc.             Yam                  Act                  San Franc            FG                   77777                777-777-7777
          8 SAD Inc.             Hit                  Eat                  Orland               PO                   88888                888-888-8888
          9 DFG Inc.             Sad                  Lee                  Wisler               PL                   99999                999-999-9999

(10 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table Bankers;
3> GO

1.3.Order by
	1.3.1.	The expanded syntax of the ORDER BY clause
	1.3.2.	ORDER BY Clause: ORDER BY {[col_name \| col_number [ASC \| DESC]]}, ...
	1.3.3.	Sorting your grouped results with ORDER BY clause.
	1.3.4.	An ORDER BY clause that sorts by one column in descending sequence
	1.3.5.	the order criterion may contain more than one column.
	1.3.6.	An ORDER BY clause that sorts by three columns
	1.3.7.	An ORDER BY clause that uses an alias
	1.3.8.	An ORDER BY clause that uses an expression
	1.3.9.	An ORDER BY clause that uses column positions
	1.3.10.	Sorting your grouped results by an aggregate.
	1.3.11.	NULLs Sort Last
	1.3.12.	order criterion contains any aggregate function.
	1.3.13.	Order by not null date
	1.3.14.	Using the TOP keyword with Ordered Results
	1.3.15.	do our sorting using numeric fields
	1.3.16.	use CAST function to sort during ordering