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Win32_BaseBoard: Sorting Motherboard Info (WQL has no ORDER BY)
WQL has no ORDER BY clause — this shows the standard workaround of piping Get-CimInstance results through Sort-Object on Win32_BaseBoard.
BaseBoardSorted.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
WQL reference: sorting Motherboard Info results (Win32_BaseBoard).
.DESCRIPTION
WQL (the WMI Query Language) does not support an ORDER BY clause —
unlike regular SQL. Sort after the fact with Sort-Object instead;
this is one of the most common WQL gotchas for people coming from
SQL backgrounds.
.EXAMPLE
.\BaseBoardSorted.ps1
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param()
$wqlQuery = "SELECT Manufacturer, Product, SerialNumber FROM Win32_BaseBoard"
Get-CimInstance -Query $wqlQuery |
Sort-Object -Property Manufacturer |
Format-Table -Property Manufacturer, Product, SerialNumber -AutoSize