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UNION for ordered tables

Hi,

I'm trying to run this code and it doesn't work. I'm sure it's quite self-explanatory of what it's trying to do
Code:
select * from equity.dbo.accounts
order by currency
union all
select * from equity.dbo.accounts
order by entity

Is there a way to do this?
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I'm sure it's quite self-explanatory of what it's trying to do
yup, it is

what is ~not~ self-explanatory is why you want to do that

once you bring an entire table of data into your front-end application, why can't you just re-sort it there?

alternatively, why can't you just run two queries here?
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You can only have the order by on the 2nd query in a union.

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select * from equity.dbo.accounts union all select * from equity.dbo.accounts order by entity

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You can only have the order by on the 2nd query in a union.
technically speaking, it isn't on the 2nd query in the union -- it's on the entire union

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