From: | "Jeremy Malcolm" <Jeremy(at)Malcolm(dot)wattle(dot)id(dot)au> |
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To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Can || be used in ORDER BY? |
Date: | 2000-01-26 01:28:42 |
Message-ID: | NDBBKJLCGDKIONEINKJAKEMACDAA.Jeremy@Malcolm.wattle.id.au |
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I would like to do this:
select
field1,field2
from tablename
order by (field1||'-top')
ie. order the records by the contents of field1 with the text "-top"
concatenated to it. It doesn't work, I get a parse error.
Can anyone offer advice?
Thanks.
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