On 02/03/2014 01:00 PM, Susan Cassidy wrote:
The query is currently: select sti.description, sc.description from scene_thing_instances sti left outer join scenes sc on sti.scene_id = sc.scene_id order by sti.description, CASE when (sti.description = 'absolute root'::text) then 1 when (sti.description ilike 'root%') then 2 else 3 END; The results I want are: description | description -------------------+------------- absolute root | root 3 | Scene 1 root 4 | Scene 2 root 6 | Scene 3 18 cm long wrench | Scene 1 blue screwdriver | Scene 1 red toolbox | Scene 1 small wrench | Scene 1 tire | Scene 2 (9 rows)
So Robs last solution: select s.s1, s.s2, ( CASE when (s.s1 = 'absolute root'::text) then 1 when (s.s1 ~* '^root*') then 2 else 3 END) as v from scripts as s order by v,s1 toys-# ; s1 | s2 | v -------------------+---------+--- absolute root | | 1 root 3 | Scene 1 | 2 root 4 | Scene 2 | 2 root 6 | Scene 3 | 2 18 cm long wrench | Scene 1 | 3 blue screwdriver | Scene 1 | 3 red toolbox | Scene 1 | 3 small wrench | Scene 1 | 3 tire | Scene 2 | 3 (9 rows) -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general