| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Gavan Schneider <list(dot)pg(dot)gavan(at)pendari(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: sort output per alpha-numeric? |
| Date: | 2021-12-01 23:55:47 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwb3n6gvEPB_w=RuV3kW2QmNXoEOqH7yyumJatj6aSAtwA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 4:35 PM Gavan Schneider <list(dot)pg(dot)gavan(at)pendari(dot)org>
wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2021, at 9:50, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 3:38 PM Sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I want the displayed print\_size to be ordered by size (8x10, then 11x14,
> etc)
>
> Is there an easy way to do this?
>
> You can sort by an expression. For the data as shown the following should
>
> A little more heavy handed might be to convert the two numbers into a
> single integer for ranking, e.g.,
>
Good idea, but "replace(print_size, 'x', '0')::integer" seems like a
simpler implementation - though I'd want to double-check some single-digit
scenarios before making a final choice (if there are any besides "8" to
worry about).
David J.
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