Am Sonntag, 16. Februar 2003 21:15 schrieb Paul DuBois: > At 20:43 +0100 2/16/03, sascha mantscheff wrote: > >The following query works with mysql 3.23: > > SELECT * FROM answer ORDER BY concat( n_sort, "-", id_answer ) > >It does not with mysql 3.22.27. Neither does any query with a function > > call in the order by clause. Is this documented somewhere? Am I missing > > something? Is there a workaround other than upgrading to 3.23? > > Functions in ORDER BY are allowable as of MySQL 3.23.2: > > http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/News-3.23.2.html > > Prior to that, the workaround is to include the expression in the output > column list, alias it, and refer to the alias in the ORDER BY clause: > > SELECT *, concat( n_sort, "-", id_answer ) AS expr > FROM answer ORDER BY expr;
thanks a lot, this does it. s.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
