SQL Server – User Defined Sort Order

I had requirement to get the values with Use Defined Sort order. Here is simple way to get User Defined Sort order Example: Created a table as : CREATE TABLE sort_order ( id INT, dept VARCHAR(20), detail VARCHAR(30) ) Inserted few rows in table as Requirement: Now we want to change the sort order and new sorted output should be: REQUIRED OUTPUT: For this created a function: CREATE FUNCTION test_fn ( ) RETURNS @temp_table TABLE ( sno int, dept varchar(20)

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