Mathias wrote:
This is the right structure including "The" in the middle :
mysql> SELECT * FROM names ORDER BY case when substring(name,1,3)='The'
> then REPLACE(name,'The ','')
else name end;
? all of which produces exactly the same result as:
SELECT * FROM names ORDER BY TRIM(LEADING "The " FROM name);
But I guess when simplicity just won't do... :-)
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