Re: Selecting tree data - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pat Maddox
Subject Re: Selecting tree data
Date
Msg-id 810a540e0710261925t2b137282tca9a04086b38db89@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Selecting tree data  (brian <brian@zijn-digital.com>)
Responses Re: Selecting tree data  (Shane Ambler <pgsql@Sheeky.Biz>)
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On 10/26/07, brian <brian@zijn-digital.com> wrote:
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>
> Pat Maddox wrote:
> > On 10/26/07, brian <brian@zijn-digital.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>
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> >>SELECT * FROM posts ORDER BY root_id, id;
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> >>brian
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> > Okay, but what if I want to order by created_at?
> >
> > btw created_at is a timestamp, I just wrote '4pm' to make it a bit
> > easier to read.
> >
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> SELECT * FROM posts ORDER BY created_a, root_id, id;

That doesn't work because it just sorts by created_at, and then if two
records are the same it goes to root_id.  That's not what I want.

Pat

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