2010/8/14 Stefan Wild <wild...@yahoo.de> > Hello guys, > > I have following sorting problem and need your help. When executing this > SELECT statement: > > "SELECT d.id, d.name, > d.description, ts.name, d.opentimestamp, > d.initialvalue, d.plmoney, d.performance, > d.performancepa, d.currentopenmoney, d.investedmoney, > d.investedpercent, d.cashmoney, d.realizedwinmoney, > d.realizedlossmoney, d.currenttotalvalue, d.depotriskpercent, > d.taxesratepercent, d.taxallowance, d.paidtaxes, > d.paidfees FROM c_depots d INNER JOIN c_tradingsystems ts ON > d.tradingsystem_id=ts.id INNER JOIN cx_users_depots cx ON cx.id_depots= > d.id INNER JOIN c_users u ON cx.id_users=u.id WHERE u.login='xxxx' ORDER > BY UPPER(CAST (d.currenttotalvalue AS numeric) ) DESC" > > the resulting ordering is wrong: > (d.currenttotalvalue) > 99999999999,99 > 9999999999,99 > 999999999,99 > 99999,99 > 100947,51 > 100251,14 > 100100 > 10000000000 > 10000000000 > 100000 > > I would expect: > > 99999999999,99 > 9999999999,99 > 10000000000 > 10000000000 > 999999999,99 > 99999,99 > 100947,51 > 100251,14 > 100100 > 100000 > > The column currenttotalvalue has a numeric type with a length of 14 and 2 > digits for percision. The initial SELECT didn't used the CAST, but the > result was also wrong. > > I'm (still) using the postgres version 8.2. > > Thanks for your support. > > >
I'm just curious why do you use UPPER() function in the ORDER BY clause? regards Szymon
