Hi, One thought, it might a good idea to make a trigger/procedure that inserts the seprate index field, so you can forget about it from here on.
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Gainty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:18 AM To: Jim; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: Unusual sort Hi Jim it seems that you cannot create an index with a function soyou will need to establish a separate 12 character column which has all of the URL entries insertedalphabetically in ascending order (fully padded with www. prefix)backup your DBALTER TABLE table ADD TwelveCharacterURL CHAR(12), ADD FOREIGN KEY 12CharacterIndex (TwelveCharacterURL); UPDATE TABLE TABLE set TwelveCharacterURL=(LPAD(OldURLColumn,12,'www.')); Anyone else? Martin ______________________________________________Disclaimer and confidentiality noteEverything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com> Subject: Unusual sort> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:29:50 -0700> > I have a table containing web site host names, most of them having both a > "name.com" and "www.name.com" version, that I'd like sorted in the > following manner:> > axxx.com> www.axxx.com> bxxx.com> www.bxxx.com> wxxx.com> www.wxxx.com> zxxx.com> www.zxxx.com> > Any way to do this? > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql> To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in. www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
