The actual query is :
SELECT * FROM PROFILES WHERE fname="scott" ORDER BY lastused;

The lastused field is of type date, and I want the returned result set to be
ordered by that date.

Thanks - Scott Carter   


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:51 PM
To: Carter, Scott; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: simple question


At 17:19 -0600 11/18/02, Carter, Scott wrote:
>I want to sort my results by a date that is contained in the database table
>the query is performed on.  The ORDER BY clause does not seem to do the
>trick.  How do you do this?
>
>Thanks - Scott Carter

With ORDER BY.  You'll have to provide more details so that we can
see what the problem is with your query.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
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

Reply via email to