Rick, did you want to see AA D C B A or
D C B A AA ? On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like a good idea to me. > > I'll give it a shot. > > Thanks, > > Rick > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dave Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:44 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Here's an interesting little problem... >> >> Rick, >> >> What database are you using? >> >> One thought that comes to mind is to do TWO selects with a UNION and give >> each their own ORDER BY clause. Something like this: >> >> Select ..... where class NOT in ('A','AA','AAA') ORDER BY class DESC >> UNION ALL >> Select ..... where class in ('A','AA','AAA') ORDER BY class ASC >> >> You might need some parenthesis around the queries to make it work, not sure >> which DB you're using. >> >> At least that might get you on the right track. >> >> I don't think a CASE statement would work in this 'case' (no pun intended), >> but I've never tried one in an ORDER BY. Might be worth a shot. >> >> Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:31 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Here's an interesting little problem... >> >> I need to order query results by class desc. >> >> Classes are typically AA, A, B, C, D, etc. >> >> Order by class desc puts the AA, A in the correct order, >> but when all are ordered, I get: >> >> D >> C >> B >> AA >> A >> >> The only double letters involved in classes are AA, and AAA. >> >> I need a conditional "order by" statement... >> >> Order by class desc where class is AA or AAA, >> otherwise order by class asc >> >> Suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rick >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311603 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
