Re: [SQL] Howto to force NULL rows at the bottom ?

Always test everything you say. The NULLs will come out at the end no
matter which way you order it. There is a TODO item for this, but I
suspect that the function manager clean up needs to be completed first,
because there are a lot of subtle and not so subtle problems with NULLs
all over the place.

-Peter

On 1999-12-05, Stoyan Genov mentioned:

> Hi,
>
> If you bother about the NULLs positioned at the bottom of the selection,
> and not how
> non-NULL data is ordered, you can just use ORDER BY field DESC - this will
> position
> NULLs at the bottom, ordering non-NULL data from the highest values to the
> lowest.
>
> Regards,
> Stoyan Genov
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > how can I force NULL rows at the bottom of the result list in an
> > ordered SELECT?
> >
> > with ORDER BY I get
> >
> > NULL
> > Peter
> > Jane
> >
> > but I want
> >
> > Peter
> > Jane
> > NULL
> >
> > --
> > Dirk
> >
> > ************
> >
>
>
>
> ************
>
>

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