Re: SQL specified sort

Jeff,

If you want to receive your data in an order which 
you specify manually, the easiest way to accomplish this
is to add a separate field which contains an int4 value
used by you to specify the order.

E.g. 

myval   |   sortint
_____________________H29    |   2214    |   1200    |   3099    |   4


SELECT myval FROM mytable ORDER BY sortint;



Troy



> 
> I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem I'm having. Say for 
> example I have data coming out like:
> H29
> 214
> 200
> 099
> 
> How would I use a sort to be able to make the output look like
> 
> 214
> H29
> 200
> 099
> 
> I don't believe their is a way to do an ORDER BY in a specific order. Any 
> help you could give me this problem would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Jeff Morrison
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