Re: [SQL] sort by on two columns

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Glaesemann
Hi Andy, On Jan 2, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Andy Lewis wrote: Is it possible to sort by two columns? Using the query below? SELECT table1.name, table2.name, FROM table1, table2 WHERE table1.id = table2.id ORDER BY I want to be able to sort the names select from two different tables and two different

Re: [SQL] sort by on two columns

2004-01-02 Thread Chris Travers
Title: Message SELECT * FROM customers ORDER BY last_name, first_name Works for me. - Original Message - From: Andy Lewis To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: [SQL] sort by on two columns Hi All, Is it possible to

Re: [SQL] sort by on two columns

2004-01-02 Thread Adam Ruth
Sounds like you may want to concatenate the columns: ... order by table1.name || table2.name The sorting would then be performed on both of the them as though they were one column. Adam Ruth On Jan 2, 2004, at 8:04 PM, Michael Glaesemann wrote: On Jan 2, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Andy Lewis wrote: Ye

Re: [SQL] sort by on two columns

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Jan 2, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Andy Lewis wrote: Yes, I understand this but, I would like to have the results of both "table1.name, table2.name" sorted as one column. Is this possible? So you want one column of name, including names from both table1 and table2? In that case, you need to use UNION, I

Re: [SQL] sort by on two columns

2004-01-02 Thread Andy Lewis
Andy Lewis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SQL] sort by on two columns Hi Andy, On Jan 2, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Andy Lewis wrote: > Is it possible to sort by two columns? Using the query below? > > SELECT table1.name, table2.name, FROM table1, > table2 WHERE table1.id = table2.id O