Re: select where in and order

Tony Smith wrote on
Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:33 PM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] select where in and order
>
>
> I have two tables action and group:
>
> action
> ------------------------
> id,
> name
>
> group:
> ------------------------
> action_id
> rank
>
> I what to select from action table by order by the
> rank in the group table.
>
> If I use
>
> select * from action where id in (select action_id
> from group order by rank)

Try something like:

select a.*, g.action_id
FROM action a
INNER JOIN group g
ON a.id = g.action_id
ORDER BY g.action_id