+-le 13/02/2006 16:47 +0100, Mario Splivalo a dit : | 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
No, you don't understand, you should do something like : case when foo = bar then from else receiving_time desc end -- Mathieu Arnold ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
