From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>
To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: order by <something wierd>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:07:05 -0400
Message-ID: <20020514120705.DE3E91C5D@druid.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1713675304.1021384181@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net>
References: <1713675304.1021384181@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net>
On May 14, 2002 07:49 am, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> table a (int, varchar, int)
>
> 1 | one | 1
> 2 | two | 3
> 3 | three | 2
> 4 | four | 3
> 5 | five | 2
>
> And I would like to select it and sort it so that the 3rd field is first 2,
> then 1 and then 3. so that the result should be :
>
> 1 | one | 1
> 3 | three | 2
> 5 | five | 2
> 2 | two | 3
> 4 | four | 3
>
> How could I do that ?
If I understand what you are asking:
SELECT c3, c2, c1 FROM a ORDER BY c3, c1;
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