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Check ORDER BY and how your RDBMS handles ranking
SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT 'a' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'b' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'c' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'd' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'e' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'f' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'g' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'h' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'i' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'j' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'k' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'l' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'm' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'n' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'o' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'p' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'q' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'r' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 's' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 't' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'u' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'v' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'w' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'x' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'y' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'z' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'A' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'B' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'C' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'D' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'E' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'F' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'G' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'H' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'I' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'J' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'K' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'L' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'M' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'N' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'O' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'P' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Q' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'R' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'S' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'T' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'U' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'V' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'W' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'X' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Y' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Z' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '0' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '1' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '2' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '3' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '4' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '5' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '6' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '7' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '8' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '9' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT ' ' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '!' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '@' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '#' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '$' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '%' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '^' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '&' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '*' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '(' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT ')' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '-' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '_' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '=' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '+' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '[' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT ']' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '{' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '}' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '|' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '\' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT ':' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT ';' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '"' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '''' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '<' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '>' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT ',' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '.' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '?' AS foo
UNION ALL
SELECT '/' AS foo
) AS bar
WHERE 1=1
ORDER BY bar.foo;
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