OK, thanks, that confirms my suspicion then. RBS
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Igor Tandetnik <itandet...@mvps.org> wrote: > On 7/3/2012 4:53 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote: >> >> However if I do this: >> >> SELECT READ_CODE, TERM30, TERM60, ENTRY_COUNT >> FROM >> READCODE >> WHERE >> TERM30 LIKE '%ANGINA%' >> UNION >> SELECT READ_CODE, TERM30, TERM60, ENTRY_COUNT >> FROM >> READCODE >> WHERE >> TERM60 LIKE '%ANGINA%' >> >> Then I get the required ascending order on READ_CODE. This looks good >> as this query is some 50% faster. >> However, I am not sure if I can rely on this order to always happen. > > > I'd rather not if I were you. It's likely just an accident of > implementation. Generally, SQLite doesn't guarantee any particular order of > the records unless there's an explicit ORDER BY clause. > -- > Igor Tandetnik > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
