USE tpch1; SELECT n_nationkey, n_name as c1 FROM nation group by n_nationkey, n_name order by substr(n_nationkey,1,2); n_nationkey c1 0 ALGERIA 1 ARGENTINA 10 IRAN 11 IRAQ 12 JAPAN 13 JORDAN 14 KENYA 15 MOROCCO 16 MOZAMBIQUE 17 PERU 18 CHINA 19 ROMANIA 2 BRAZIL 20 SAUDI ARABIA 21 VIETNAM 22 RUSSIA 23 UNITED KINGDOM 24 UNITED STATES 3 CANADA 4 EGYPT 5 ETHIOPIA 6 FRANCE 7 GERMANY 8 INDIA 9 INDONESIA SELECT n_nationkey as c0, n_name as c1 FROM nation group by n_nationkey, n_name order by isnull(n_nationkey), n_nationkey; c0 c1 0 ALGERIA 1 ARGENTINA 2 BRAZIL 3 CANADA 4 EGYPT 5 ETHIOPIA 6 FRANCE 7 GERMANY 8 INDIA 9 INDONESIA 10 IRAN 11 IRAQ 12 JAPAN 13 JORDAN 14 KENYA 15 MOROCCO 16 MOZAMBIQUE 17 PERU 18 CHINA 19 ROMANIA 20 SAUDI ARABIA 21 VIETNAM 22 RUSSIA 23 UNITED KINGDOM 24 UNITED STATES SELECT n_nationkey as c0, n_name as c1 FROM nation group by n_nationkey, n_name order by isnull(n_name), n_name; c0 c1 0 ALGERIA 1 ARGENTINA 2 BRAZIL 3 CANADA 18 CHINA 4 EGYPT 5 ETHIOPIA 6 FRANCE 7 GERMANY 8 INDIA 9 INDONESIA 10 IRAN 11 IRAQ 12 JAPAN 13 JORDAN 14 KENYA 15 MOROCCO 16 MOZAMBIQUE 17 PERU 19 ROMANIA 22 RUSSIA 20 SAUDI ARABIA 23 UNITED KINGDOM 24 UNITED STATES 21 VIETNAM SELECT n_nationkey as c0, n_name as c1 FROM nation group by n_nationkey, n_name order by substr(n_nationkey,1,2); c0 c1 0 ALGERIA 1 ARGENTINA 10 IRAN 11 IRAQ 12 JAPAN 13 JORDAN 14 KENYA 15 MOROCCO 16 MOZAMBIQUE 17 PERU 18 CHINA 19 ROMANIA 2 BRAZIL 20 SAUDI ARABIA 21 VIETNAM 22 RUSSIA 23 UNITED KINGDOM 24 UNITED STATES 3 CANADA 4 EGYPT 5 ETHIOPIA 6 FRANCE 7 GERMANY 8 INDIA 9 INDONESIA select cchar8, cvchar6 from datatypetestm order by isnull(cchar8), cchar8; cchar8 cvchar6 aaaaaaaa aaaaaa h f hh ff hhh fff hhhh ffff sssssss uuuuuu ssssssss uuuuuu ssssssss uuuuuu ssssssss uuuuuu zzzzzzzz zzzzzz NULL NULL