From: Harald Fuchs <hari.fuchs@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Show CAS, USD first; the left ordered by currency name
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:37:02 +0200
Message-ID: <pu1vnxkrs1.fsf@srv.protecting.net> (raw)
References: <4A71F9CB.9050805@encs.concordia.ca>
In article <4A71F9CB.9050805@encs.concordia.ca>,
Emi Lu <emilu@encs.concordia.ca> writes:
> Good morning,
> I have a currency table (code, description).
> Example values:
> ADF | Andorran Franc
> ... ...
> ANG | NL Antillian Guilder
> AON | Angolan New Kwanza
> AUD | Australian Dollar
> AWG | Aruban Florin
> BBD | Barbados Dollar
> USD | US Dollar
> CAD | Canadian Dollar
> Is there a way I can query to display USD AND CAD first, while other
> rows are ordered by Code.
> For example,
> CAS | Canadian Dollar
> USD | US Dollar
> ADF | Andorran Franc
> ...
Probably the shortest solution is
SELECT code, description
FROM currency
ORDER BY code != 'CAD', code != 'USD', code;
BTW: your data are obsolete. Andorra has the Euro.
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