Uwe C. Schroeder wrote:
On Saturday 07 July 2007, Lew wrote:
So if your RDBMS sorts NULLs after all other values, then from
select start_date from show_date
order by
case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
Perry Smith wrote:
I see. So, in effect he has:
ORDER BY NULL DESC, start_date ASC;
or
ORDER BY start_date DESC, NULL ASC;
Not exactly. He has (first sort clause) *and* (second sort clause), not or.
Both sort clauses operate at all rows.
You are sort of correct in that for any
On Saturday 07 July 2007, Lew wrote:
So if your RDBMS sorts NULLs after all other values, then from
select start_date from show_date
order by
case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
all rows with
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 08:02:54PM +0400, Viatcheslav Kalinin wrote:
Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
# select start_date from show_date
# order by
# case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
# case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
But... this works!
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 08:02:54PM +0400, Viatcheslav Kalinin wrote:
# select start_date from show_date
# order by
# case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
# case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
The strange thing is when I try:
select
Louis-David Mitterrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However if I try:
select start_date from show_date order by 'start_date desc';
I get a:
ERROR: non-integer constant in ORDER BY
The quotes mean you are asking to sort by the string start_date desc which
is an error because
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 08:02:54PM +0400, Viatcheslav Kalinin wrote:
# select start_date from show_date
# order by
# case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
# case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
I am very novice, but that looks odd to me. I would
Perry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 08:02:54PM +0400, Viatcheslav Kalinin wrote:
# select start_date from show_date
# order by
# case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
# case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
I am very
On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 01:49:09PM -0500, Perry Smith wrote:
# select start_date from show_date
# order by
# case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
# case when start_date = CURRENT_DATE then start_date end asc;
I am very novice, but that looks odd to me. I would have
On Jul 7, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
Perry Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 08:02:54PM +0400, Viatcheslav Kalinin wrote:
# select start_date from show_date
# order by
# case when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date end desc,
# case when start_date =
Hi,
I am trying the following:
critik=# select start_date from show_date order by case when start_date
CURRENT_DATE then start_date desc else start_date asc end;
ERROR: syntax error at or near desc
LINE 1: ...se when start_date CURRENT_DATE then start_date desc else
Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
Hi,
I am trying the following:
critik=# select start_date from show_date order by case when start_date
CURRENT_DATE then start_date desc else start_date asc end;
ERROR: syntax error at or near desc
LINE 1: ...se when start_date CURRENT_DATE
Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
Hi,
I am trying the following:
critik=# select start_date from show_date order by case when start_date
CURRENT_DATE then start_date desc else start_date asc end;
ERROR: syntax error at or near desc
LINE 1: ...se when start_date CURRENT_DATE
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