Re: order by question

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Gary Stainburn <gary(dot)stainburn(at)ringways(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: order by question
Date: 2005-03-09 13:06:26
Message-ID: 422EF4D2.4050103@archonet.com
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Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I seem to remember somewhere being shown how to bump specific rows to
> the top of a list; something along the lines of:
>
> select c_id as key, c_des as value from customers order by c_id = 7,
> c_id = 160, value;

Looks roughly right.

SELECT * FROM foo ORDER BY not(a=6),not(a=4),a;
a | b | c
---+------+-----
6 | ccc | BBB
4 | aaa | BBB
1 | aaa | AAA
2 | zxxx | AAA
3 | ccc | ZZZ
5 | zxxx | BBB
(6 rows)

Alternatively: (a<>6),(a<>4),a

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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