How to specifically sort the data in a database using c#?

Question

H!,
I have a problem in c# that require sorting of names of students in a sql database and i want it to be specific, i used data grid view to view the data of the students as shown below:
Students First Name:
Ann
Antoinette
Brenda
Judith
Lester
Santos
Suzie
Tim
if i type in a letter or abbreviation @ a textbox1 for example "s", all Names that starts with letter s will be sorted first so the output now of the query will become:
Students First Name:
Santos
Suzie
Ann
Antoinette
Brenda
Judith
Lester
Tim
So if i type j, all that starts with j will be first, and so on.
I need help for this problem coz it is so hard for me to output the students with this kind of sorting and is there a code or query string related to this problem?
thanks in advance.
Hardz

Answer 1

Hi,
One way is to write a query as shown below:
declare @char nvarchar(1)
select @char = 'S'
Declare @t table(name nvarchar(max))
insert into @t
values
('Santos'),
('Suzie'),
('Ann'),
('Antoinette'),
('Brenda'),
('Judith'),
('Lester'),
('Tim')
select name
from @t
where RIGHT(name,1) like @char
union all
select name
from
(select top 100 percent name
from @t
where RIGHT(name,1) not like @char
order by name) a
Hope this helps. 
-Chintak