Re: Another orderby problem

On Saturday 14 January 2006 13:09, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am 14.01.2006, um 13:02:48 +0000 mailte Alan Chandler folgendes:
> > select name, id, transaction.date as tdate, description, amount
> > from account join transaction on name=dst where name ='Sarah'
> > order by tdate asc;
> >
> > name | id | tdate | description | amount
> > -------+----+------------+---------------------------+--------
> > Sarah | 12 | 0005-06-05 | Ben 21st Birthday Pressie | 41
> > Sarah | 13 | 0005-06-05 | Cash from Mum | 60
> > Sarah | 14 | 0005-06-08 | Petrol | 27.33
> > Sarah | 15 | 0005-06-10 | Petrol Allowance | -40
> > Sarah | 11 | 2005-06-05 | Sarah Petrol | 27.74
> > (5 rows)
> >
> > I can't figure out why the dates are not in order (see transaction 11 is
> > out of place).
>
> '0005-06-10' < '2005-06-05'. Perhaps you have a wrong year.

Thanks

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