Re: order by question.

* Jose Blanco <blancoj(at)umich(dot)edu> [040507, 14:28]:
> This second time I did, see
>
> select author, sort_author from itemsbyauthor where sort_author like 'tan%'
> order by 2;
>
>
> "order by 2"
>
> Or am I not understanding something?

Hi Jose,
have you tried to modify your query as others suggested? i.e.:

--> select author, sort_author from itemsbyauthor where sort_author like
'tan% ORDER BY sort_author;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
HTH
Regards,
Ennio.

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