Yeah *that's* why I didn't suggest your more terse ELSE last_name Yeah. That's the ticket. ;-)
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:13 PM, <b...@bradwood.com> wrote: > > Let's hope no one has a last name starting with any of the following > characters: > > space ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / > > All of those fall alphabetically before 0. > > :) > > ~Brad > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Order By question > From: "Paul Alkema" <paulalkemadesi...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, June 30, 2010 3:06 pm > To: cf-talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > > I secont John's SQL. To expand explain further see my example. > > SELECT * > FROM folks > ORDER BY CASE > WHEN last_name = 'Smith' > OR last_name = 'Jones' THEN 0 > ELSE last_name > END > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334986 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
