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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Michael Agbaglo <byteshifter@shifted-bytes.de>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: how to sort a birthday list ?
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:03:52 -0700
Message-ID: <200206201703.52435.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D122508.70104@shifted-bytes.de>
References: <3D122508.70104@shifted-bytes.de>


Michael,

> SELECT *
> FROM Persons
> WHERE EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(dateofbirth) ) < EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE( 
> CURRENT_DATE+60, dateofbirth ) )
> 
> ... but how do I sort the list ?

Easy:

SELECT person_name, person_department,  EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(dateofbirth) ) 
as their_age
FROM Persons
WHERE EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(dateofbirth) ) < EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE( 
CURRENT_DATE+60, dateofbirth ) )
ORDER BY their_age, person_name

As an example.





-- 
-Josh Berkus

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