Query to fetch the output in the given form.

Question

Hi,
I have the following values in the table;
CURRENCY_MASTER -->
Curr_id Curr_name
1 Yen
2 Dollar
3 Rupee
4 Australian Dollar
5 Rubel
6 Taka
7 New Zealand dollar
8 Dinar
9 Euro
Output-
I want an output such that "Dollar" is at the top and the rest of them are arranged alphabetically.
Curr_name
Dollar
Australian Dollar
Dinar
Euro
New Zealand dollar
Rubel
Rupee
Taka
Yen
How to get this output.

Answer 1

Here's one way to do it:
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G> with t as (
  2    select 1 as curr_id, 'Yen' as curr_name from dual union all
  3    select 2 , 'Dollar' from dual union all
  4    select 3 , 'Rupee' from dual union all
  5    select 4 , 'Australian Dollar' from dual union all
  6    select 5 , 'Rubel' from dual union all
  7    select 6 , 'Taka' from dual union all
  8    select 7 , 'New Zealand dollar' from dual union all
  9    select 8 , 'Dinar' from dual union all
10    select 9 , 'Euro' from dual)
11  --
12  select
13    curr_id,
14    curr_name
15  from t
16  order by (case curr_name when 'Dollar' then '@'||curr_name else curr_name end);
   CURR_ID CURR_NAME
         2 Dollar
         4 Australian Dollar
         8 Dinar
         9 Euro
         7 New Zealand dollar
         5 Rubel
         3 Rupee
         6 Taka
         1 Yen
9 rows selected.
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G>pratz