Yes, you can do this using case statements in your order by: example:
select * from viewoffers where [EMAIL PROTECTED] order by case status when 'active' then 1 when 'rejected' then 2 else 99 end Of course, this is really a kludge. The DB should be deisgned a little better, but sometimes a kludge is what you need to get the job done. Not everything can be elegant. On Jan 25, 2008 12:41 PM, Che Vilnonis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose I have a small set of data with a column named "Colleges". Is > there > a way to write an ORDER BY statement to say something like... > ORDER BY Colleges 'Harvard', Colleges 'Princeton', Colleges 'Dartmouth'??? > > Just wondering... Che > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297459 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
