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From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc>
Subject: Re: order by <something wierd>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:07:05 -0400
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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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