Cannot create a order by view

Hello,

I am trying to create a simple view which uses self joins. I want the final result order by. I am able to create the view using Top clause followed by order by but when I simply query the view it does not appear in the correct order. Can some body help me with the issue.

CREATE VIEW [dbo].[vw_SalesRep_Chaining]

AS

SELECT Top 100 percent Rep_id AS RepId,

Rep_cd AS RepCode,

Region as Region,

CASE WHEN Market IN ('Arizona - North', 'Arizona - South', 'Gtr TX / New Mexico') THEN 'Arizona / New Mexico'

WHEN Market IN ('L.A. Metro - West', 'L.A. Metro - North', 'L.A. Metro - East') THEN 'LA Metro'

WHEN Region = 'Western' AND Market NOT IN ('Arizona - North', 'Arizona - South', 'Gtr TX / New Mexico', 'L.A. Metro - West', 'L.A. Metro - North', 'L.A. Metro - East') THEN 'Western - Other'

ELSE '' END AS Sub_Region,

RSM AS RSM,

UPPER(Regional_Manager) AS Regional_Manager,

Market,

Rep_Manager_id AS SalesManager,

UPPER(MarketManager) AS MarketManager,

New_Position AS NewPosition,

Rep_Status AS RepStatus,

UPPER(Rep_Payroll_name) AS PayrollName

FROM (SELECT SalesRep_GUID, Rep_id, Rep_cd, Rep_Payroll_name, Rep_SSN, Rep_Status, Hire_dt, Termination_dt, Commission_start_dt,

Rep_Manager_id, Region, Market, New_Position, Validity_start_dt, Validity_end_dt, Load_interval_id, Create_process_id, current_ind

FROM dbo.SalesRep

WHERE (current_ind = 1) AND (New_Position IN ('SC1', 'SC2', 'SC3', 'MSO')) AND (Region NOT IN ('Emerging Market')) OR

(current_ind = 1) AND (New_Position IS NULL) AND (Region IN ('TeleSales')) AND (Region NOT IN ('Emerging Market'))) AS A

INNER JOIN (SELECT Rep_id RepId, Rep_Payroll_name as MarketManager, Rep_Manager_id as RSM

FROM dbo.SalesRep AS SalesRep_2

WHERE (current_ind = 1)) AS B

ON A.Rep_Manager_id = B.Repid

INNER JOIN (SELECT Rep_id RepId1, Rep_Payroll_name as Regional_Manager FROM dbo.SalesRep AS SalesRep_1

WHERE (current_ind = 1)) AS C

ON B.RSM = C.Repid1

WHERE (A.Region IS NOT NULL)

Order by Rep_Id, Rep_Cd

This is the script I have used to create the view. But when is simply query the view it does not appear in the order of Rep_Id, Rep_Cd

Order of rows in any table (both tables and views are considered tables) is not guaranteed. You have to use an order by clause in SELECT statements to get data back in a given order:

A few other threads:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=409367&SiteID=1

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=245259&SiteID=1