* Rodney Broom
> From: Peter Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Select DISTINCT Month
> > FROM tblNews
> >
> > The problem is that the months are shown alphabetical not in
> > calendar order.
>
> I'm assuming that your months are stored as names like:
>
> January, February, March
>
> or
>
> Jan, Feb, Mar
>
>
> If so, I think that sorting in SQL will be a bit clunky. I would
> advise either storing your dates as dates, or using an outside
> program to sort your month names.
>
> Of course, somebody else might know of something simple that I'm missing.
I guess this would be pretty simple:
Select DISTINCT Month
FROM tblNews
ORDER BY FIELD(Month,
'Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun',
'Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec')
--
Roger
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