On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 16:39 +0100, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> |
> |
> | I tought I'd get differently sorted data, since in the first query I
> | said 5=5, and in second I said 5=6.
>
> Well, no, in the first, the result of the CASE is 2, and in the second 3, it
> means that for every line, it'll sort using "2" as value for the first, and
> "3" for the second query.
>
Yes, I realized just a second ago that when ORDER BY is CASED, numbers
aren't the column numbers, but the integers itself.
It works like this:
ORDER BY (CASE WHEN 5=5 THEN "from"::varchar ELSE
receiving_time::varchar) DESC.
Is there a way to have DESC/ASC inside of a CASE?
Mario
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