From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
To: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
Cc: darnold@northcoast.com
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: An order by question
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:22:30 +0100
Message-ID: <401D35D6.2020902@klaster.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040201133451.GA13002@winnie.fuhr.org>
References: <20040201133451.GA13002@winnie.fuhr.org>
Dnia 2004-02-01 14:34, Użytkownik Michael Fuhr napisał:
> Consider storing the session in a separate field and assigning each
> session a value that collates in the order you want.
>
> Here's a way to order the sessions using their current format:
>
> SELECT *
> FROM records
> ORDER BY lastName,
> firstName,
> SUBSTRING(term FROM 1 FOR 4),
> CASE SUBSTRING(term FROM 5)
> WHEN 'S' THEN 1
> WHEN 'X' THEN 2
> ELSE 3
> END;
or the easier one:
order by lastname,firstname, translate(term,'SXF','123');
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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