Re: sql query: how to

2010-09-27 Thread chris hendrix
yeah i was looking at something like that... actually let me correct 
what i'm needing to do:


select year(fieldname) as pubyear from table order by year(fieldname) asc




On 09/27/2010 01:15 AM, akaariai wrote:

The most efficient? Exactly that using raw SQL. I think something
along the following will also work:
Foo.objects.only('fieldname').value_list().distinct().order_by('fieldname').

  - Anssi

On Sep 27, 5:49 am, Bobby Roberts  wrote:
   

what is the most efficient way to do the following sql command in
django?

select distinct fieldname from table order by fieldname
 
   


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Re: sql query: how to

2010-09-26 Thread akaariai
The most efficient? Exactly that using raw SQL. I think something
along the following will also work:
Foo.objects.only('fieldname').value_list().distinct().order_by('fieldname').

 - Anssi

On Sep 27, 5:49 am, Bobby Roberts  wrote:
> what is the most efficient way to do the following sql command in
> django?
>
> select distinct fieldname from table order by fieldname

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sql query: how to

2010-09-26 Thread Bobby Roberts
what is the most efficient way to do the following sql command in
django?


select distinct fieldname from table order by fieldname

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