X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236EDD1C9BA for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:20:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42636-09 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:20:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from serwer.skawsoft.com.pl (skawina.eu.org [80.48.213.66]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC65D1CCDB for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:20:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from klaster.net (backbone.zab.citynet.pl [212.244.6.69]) by serwer.skawsoft.com.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7A52B3CB; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:20:12 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <401D35D6.2020902@klaster.net> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:22:30 +0100 From: Tomasz Myrta User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; pl-PL; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208 X-Accept-Language: pl, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Fuhr Cc: darnold@northcoast.com, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: An order by question References: <20040201133451.GA13002@winnie.fuhr.org> In-Reply-To: <20040201133451.GA13002@winnie.fuhr.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/3 X-Sequence-Number: 16694 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