[SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Kaloyan Iliev Iliev
10x for the replies. We find the problem. It is in our scripts. We use to_char over a date field and then order by this field. So it sort it as text and not as date. I appologize for loosing your time. 10x again. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you

Re: [SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Tom Lane
Kaloyan Iliev Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As I say in my previous letter I am using 7.2.3. If you wish I can show > you the query and the result to see for yourself, that there is > something wrong. It just don't order the overall result but the separate > results of the both subqueries.

Re: [SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Gaetano Mendola
Kaloyan Iliev Iliev wrote: Dear friends..., I have the following problem: select . from where UNION ALL select ... from where ORDER BY field1 But the the order by doesn't work properly. It returns the rows of the first query ordered and then appends the rows of the

Re: [SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Tom Lane
Kaloyan Iliev Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have the following problem: > select > . > from > > where > > UNION ALL > select > ... > from > > where > > ORDER BY field1 > But the the order by doesn't work properly. It returns the rows of the > first query ordere

Re: [SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Kaloyan Iliev Iliev
Dear Tom, As I say in my previous letter I am using 7.2.3. If you wish I can show you the query and the result to see for yourself, that there is something wrong. It just don't order the overall result but the separate results of the both subqueries. Tom Lane wrote: Kaloyan Iliev Iliev <[EMAIL

[SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Kaloyan Iliev Iliev
Hello again, I am using Postgres 7.2.3. If any other details are necessary I will provide them:))) 10x again ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html

[SQL] Problems with UNION ALL and ORDER BY

2004-08-02 Thread Kaloyan Iliev Iliev
Dear friends..., I have the following problem: select . from where UNION ALL select ... from where ORDER BY field1 But the the order by doesn't work properly. It returns the rows of the first query ordered and then appends the rows of the second query ordered. But this is