In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Steve Lefevre [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For posterity, this is how I solved the problem:
To create an abitrary for the ORDER BY clause, create a field like this:
SELECT
FIELD( field,
arbitrary sort string 2,
arbitrary sort string 3,
arbitrary sort
Steve,
I have a project where I need to sort rows by an arbitrary order.
I seem to recall at some point where I was able to do some SQL like:
ORDER BY
type = the first type,
type = another type,
type = yes another arbitrary type ...
Check out the FIELD() function.
PB
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Steve
Peter Brawley wrote:
Steve,
Look for 'FIELD(' at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html.
PB
Thanks, Pete!
For posterity, this is how I solved the problem:
To create an abitrary for the ORDER BY clause, create a field like this:
SELECT
FIELD( field,
arbitrary
Hey folks -
I have a project where I need to sort rows by an arbitrary order. I seem
to recall at some point where I was able to do some SQL like:
ORDER BY
type = the first type,
type = another type,
type = yes another arbitrary type ...
However, my arbitrary ORDER
