Although you can do it as Charlie demonstrated, using CASE, Dominic's solution is probably the best.
Put the data in a table where it belongs. Then, that same data can be reused for other purposes. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Dominic Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: SQL Question -- Order by a column's value? Do you mean put them in a predifind order based on the college, other than alphabetical? If so, and if you have a lookup table for your colleges, you will have to add a numerical column called 'Ordinal' (or something else) with which you can set their order. Then simply order by that in your SQL statement. There is no way to do it with pure SQL alone. Dominic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
