Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C151337CB4 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 17:17:23 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16305-03-7 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 20:16:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from oldperseverance.encs.concordia.ca (oldperseverance.encs.concordia.ca [132.205.96.94]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E43F21338270 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 16:52:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from cacao.encs.concordia.ca (emilu@cacao.encs.concordia.ca [132.205.47.225]) by oldperseverance.encs.concordia.ca (envelope-from emilu@encs.concordia.ca) (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id p49JqC1i018806; Mon, 9 May 2011 15:52:12 -0400 Message-ID: <4DC845EC.1020806@encs.concordia.ca> Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 15:52:12 -0400 From: Emi Lu Reply-To: emilu@encs.concordia.ca User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101125 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ozer, Pam" CC: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Sorting Issue References: <216FFB77CBFAEE4B8EE4DF0A939FF1D14F85F1@mail-001.corp.automotive.com> <4DC84284.4000903@encs.concordia.ca> <216FFB77CBFAEE4B8EE4DF0A939FF1D14F85F7@mail-001.corp.automotive.com> In-Reply-To: <216FFB77CBFAEE4B8EE4DF0A939FF1D14F85F7@mail-001.corp.automotive.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on oldperseverance.encs.concordia.ca at 2011/05/09 15:52:12 EDT X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.011 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_20=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201105/53 X-Sequence-Number: 35337 > That works. Why? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-string.html split_part(string text, delimiter text, field int) text Split string on delimiter and return the given field (counting from one) split_part('abc~@~def~@~ghi', '~@~', 2) def Emi > -----Original Message----- > From: Emi Lu [mailto:emilu@encs.concordia.ca] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:38 PM > To: Ozer, Pam > Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [SQL] Sorting Issue > >> I have the following query >> >> Select VehicleTrimAbbreviated, VehicleTrimAbbreviatedId >> >> from VehicleTrimAbbreviated >> >> Where vehicleTrimAbbreviated like 'CX%' >> >> order by VehicleTrimAbbreviated asc >> >> Results: >> >> 532;"CX Hatchback" >> >> 536;"CXL Minivan" >> >> 3255;"CXL Premium Sedan" >> >> 537;"CXL Sedan" >> >> 538;"CXL Sport Utility" >> >> 3319;"CXL Turbo Sedan" >> >> 533;"CX Minivan" >> >> 1959;"CX Plus Minivan" >> >> 534;"CX Sedan" >> >> 535;"CX Sport Utility" >> >> 539;"CXS Sedan" >> >> Why would this not sort correctly? All the CX should be first, then > CXL, >> Then CXS > > Would you mind try: > > Select VehicleTrimAbbreviated, VehicleTrimAbbreviatedId > from VehicleTrimAbbreviated > Where vehicleTrimAbbreviated like 'CX%' > order by > > split_part(VehicleTrimAbbreviated, ' ', 1) asc, > split_part(VehicleTrimAbbreviated, ' ', 2) asc; > >