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Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:28:57 +0200
From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc>
To: Joel Burton <joel@joelburton.com>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: order by <something wierd>
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--On mardi 14 mai 2002 08:05 -0400 Joel Burton <joel@joelburton.com> wrote:

> You're asking to have it be sorted as {2,1,3}, but the sample result data
> you give seems to sort by {1,2,3}. Or am I misunderstanding your question?

you're right, I messed up my example :)
I'll buy the second solution, it's the easier to put on.

> 2) inlined in sql
>
>   SELECT * FROM a
>   ORDER BY CASE WHEN col3=2 THEN 1
>                 WHEN col3=1 THEN 2
>                 ELSE 3
>             END;

-- 
Mathieu Arnold