I actually prefer to do this in the ORDER BY clause (keeping the ordering logic in the ORDER BY instead of in the SELECT) but the end result is the same. If you won't or can't add a sort column to the table, a CASE statement is about the only other way to do this in the query itself.
On Jan 25, 2008 3:00 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Che Vilnonis wrote: > > I was trying to do that w/o adding another column. Can it be done? > Yes, see Crow's, Charlie's or my post on using CASE to create an inline > sort column with SQL. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:297531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
