Date column order by - sql-server

Question

I have a date column CreateDate (datetime, not null) in my table.
Using the following where clause:
Where
-- Code for 12 Months Back at a Time
CreateDate >= dateadd(month,datediff(month, 0, getdate())-12,0)
If I run my report say on March 1, 2017, I should get 12 months of data. I do.
I would like to order by CreateDate and get the following order
Mar 2017
Feb 2017
Jan 2017
Dec 2016
Nov 2016
Oct 2016
Sep 2016
Aug 2016
Jul 2016
Jun 2016
May 2016
Apr 2016
Here is the complete query:
SELECT DISTINCT
tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.CourtAssignment AS [CourtAssignment],
tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.AttorneyBarNumber AS [AttorneyBarNumber],
tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.AttorneyFirstName AS [AttorneyFirstName],
tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.AttorneyLastName AS [AttorneyLastName],
--tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.CaseNo,
--tblPeople.LastName,
--tblPeople.FirstName,
tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.HowAssigned AS [HowAssigned],
CONVERT( VARCHAR(10), tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.CreateDate, 101) AS[CreateDate]
FROM tblBookIn
INNER JOIN tblOffense ON tblBookIn.BookInID = tblOffense.BookInID
INNER JOIN tblPeople ON tblBookIn.PersonID = tblPeople.PersonID
INNER JOIN tblCourtAttorneysAssigned ON tblOffense.CaseNo = tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.CaseNo
WHERE CourtAssignment LIKE 'M%'
AND
-- Code for 12 Months Back at a Time
CreateDate >= dateadd(month,datediff(month, 0, getdate())-12,0)
ORDER by
[CreateDate] asc
--courtassignment ASC,
-- AttorneyLastName ASC;
Thanks

Answer 1

I am guessing you are using order by CreateDate desc but you have aliased CreateDate in your query to be something like format(CreateDate, 'MMM yyyy') as CreateDate
So your order by will need to know you want it to use the original value instead of the new value that is being returned with the same name.
Try order by mytablename.CreateDate desc
Update after question edited to include query:
change your order by to:
order by tblCourtAttorneysAssigned.CreateDate desc

Answer 2

I think you should use order by clause at the end
SELECT { fn MONTHNAME(OrderDate) } AS MonthName, YEAR(OrderDate) AS Year, SUM(TotalValue) AS Profits
FROM [Order]
WHERE (YEAR(OrderDate) = #year)
GROUP BY { fn MONTHNAME(OrderDate) }, YEAR(OrderDate)
ORDER BY { fn MONTH(OrderDate) }, YEAR(OrderDate)
or
you can do like this
SELECT CASE { fn MONTH(OrderDate) }
when 0 then 'JAN'
when 1 then 'FEB'
when 2 then 'MAR'
when 3 then 'APR'
when 4 then 'MAY'
when 5 then 'JUN'
when 6 then 'JUL'
when 7 then 'AUG'
when 8 then 'SEP'
when 9 then 'OCT'
when 10 then 'NOV'
when 11 then 'DEC'
END
AS MonthName, YEAR(OrderDate) AS Year, SUM(TotalValue) AS Profits
FROM [Order]
WHERE (YEAR(OrderDate) = #year)
GROUP BY { fn MONTH(OrderDate) }, YEAR(OrderDate)
ORDER BY { fn MONTH(OrderDate) }, YEAR(OrderDate)

Answer 3

Thanks all, I have resolved the issue by removing the Convert on the date field and fixing the format in SSRS.
Thanks,