From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
To: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: order by question
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:48:38 +0200 (EET)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0503091548050.16906-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200503091241.55881.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
O Gary Stainburn Ýãñáøå óôéò Mar 9, 2005 :
> Hi folks.
>
> I seem to remember somewhere being shown how to bump specific rows to
> the top of a list; something along the lines of:
>
> select c_id as key, c_des as value from customers order by c_id = 7,
> c_id = 160, value;
use the
case ... when .. then ... when ... then ... else ...
construct.
>
> however, although the statement is accepted the two rows specified are
> not bumped to the top of the list, but instead appear in their correct
> position in the order by value part.
>
> Is it possible and if so how do I do it?
>
--
-Achilleus
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