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Sort Month Name in SQL Query

My Current Query is : 

SELECT FORMAT(Date, 'MMM') as 'Date', FORMAT(Date, 'yyy') as 'Year' 
,COUNT(*) 
as 'Tickets Generated'
FROM [SambaData2].[dbo].[Tickets]
GROUP BY FORMAT(Date, 'MMM'), FORMAT(Date, 'yyy')
ORDER BY Date

It returns the values:

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I would like the same query to return sorted month name with Year!

Solution

  • Use year(date), month(date) in order by month() function will give you month number so you can order it easily

    SELECT FORMAT(Date, 'MMM') as 'Date', FORMAT(Date, 'yyy') as 'Year',
COUNT(*) 
as 'Tickets Generated'
FROM [SambaData2].[dbo].[Tickets]
GROUP BY FORMAT(Date, 'MMM'), FORMAT(Date, 'yyy'),year(Date),month(Date)
ORDER BY year(Date),month(Date)