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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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Organization: Aglio Database Solutions
To: Michael Agbaglo <byteshifter@shifted-bytes.de>,
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Subject: Re: how to sort a birthday list ?
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:03:52 -0700
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Michael,

> SELECT *
> FROM Persons
> WHERE EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(dateofbirth) ) < EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(=20
> CURRENT_DATE+60, dateofbirth ) )
>=20
> ... but how do I sort the list ?

Easy:

SELECT person_name, person_department,  EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(dateofbirth)=
 )=20
as their_age
FROM Persons
WHERE EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(dateofbirth) ) < EXTRACT( YEAR FROM AGE(=20
CURRENT_DATE+60, dateofbirth ) )
ORDER BY their_age, person_name

As an example.





--=20
-Josh Berkus