Hi, and thanks for the response, but unfortunately the same problem with both below
SELECT exe, sum(duration) FROM data GROUP BY exe ORDER BY 2 DESC; SELECT exe, sum(duration) AS s FROM data GROUP exe BY ORDER BY s DESC; Works from mysql.exe but not from C API. /Christer -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Bueno [mailto:joseph.bueno@;trader.com] Sent: den 4 november 2002 11:57 To: Christer Holmström (at Home) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with "ORDER BY" from C API (works from command-line tool mysql.exe) Christer Holmström (at Home) wrote: > Hi! > > This SQL works perfect when running the command line tool mysql.exe > > SELECT exe, sum(duration) FROM data GROUP BY exe ORDER BY 2 > > BUT when running from the C API, the "ORDER BY" part doesn't seem > active, why? > > Please help. > > /Christer > > Hi, What do expect with "ORDER BY 2" ? If you want to arder by "sum(duration)" you should use: SELECT exe, sum(duration) AS s FROM data GROUP BY exe ORDER BY s Hope this helps -- Joseph Bueno --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php