Re: order by question - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: order by question
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Msg-id 422EF4D2.4050103@archonet.com
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In response to order by question  (Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>)
Responses Re: order by question  (Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>)
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Gary Stainburn wrote:
> 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;

Looks roughly right.

SELECT * FROM foo ORDER BY not(a=6),not(a=4),a; a |  b   |  c
---+------+----- 6 | ccc  | BBB 4 | aaa  | BBB 1 | aaa  | AAA 2 | zxxx | AAA 3 | ccc  | ZZZ 5 | zxxx | BBB
(6 rows)

Alternatively: (a<>6),(a<>4),a

--  Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd


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