Igor Tandetnik wrote: > "Andrés G. Aragoneses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Igor Tandetnik wrote: >>> "Andrés G. Aragoneses" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Andrés G. Aragoneses wrote: >>>>> Igor Tandetnik wrote: >>>>>> "Andrés G. Aragoneses" >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> Hello, I am querying a list of elements and some of them are >>>>>>> blank (''). However, I want that those who are blank appear as >>>>>>> the last (instead of the first) elements when I sort with ORDER >>>>>>> BY alphabetically. How can I do this with just SQL? >>>>>> ORDER BY text = '', text >>>>> It works thanks! >>>> Hugh, but this seems not to be applicable for different columns, >>>> because, let's suppose I have: >>>> >>>> ItemId ItemName ItemNameSort >>>> 1 'Balloon' 'balloon' >>>> 2 '' '[noname]' >>>> 3 'Car' 'car' >>>> >>>> If I use "ORDER BY ItemName = '', ItemNameLowered" I get 2,1,3 and I >>>> want to get 1,3,2. Any ideas? >>> What's ItemNameLowered? Your table doesn't seem to have such a >>> column. >>> >>> Have you tested it? I don't see how row 2 could appear first. You >>> don't actually have apostrophes stored in the database as part of >>> your data, do you? What does the following statement output: >>> >>> select ItemId, ItemName, length(ItemName) >>> from myTable; >> Sorry, a typo: not ItemNameLowered but ItemNameSort. When I use '' is >> to differentiate it from the int type (which I used for the key). So >> let's rewrite the question: >> >> ItemId ItemName ItemNameSort >> 1 'Balloon' 'balloon' >> 2 '' '[noname]' >> 3 'Car' 'car' >> >> If I use "ORDER BY ItemName = '', ItemNameSort ASC" I get 2,1,3 and I >> want to get 1,3,2. Any ideas? > > I tested it, and I get 1, 3, 2. I can reproduce your result only if I > put NULL into ItemName, rather than an empty string. What does this > statement return:
You're right, I had nulls instead of empty strings. > select ItemId, ItemName, typeof(ItemName) > from myTable > > If you do need to handle NULLs, simply change the condition to > > ORDER BY ifnull(ItemName, '')='', ItemNameSort ASC > Thanks! Andres -- _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users