On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:37:26PM +1100, Mark M wrote:

> Having issues on a order by with a union
> query looks something like this:
> --
> select *
> from tableOne
> UNION
> select *
> from tableTwo
> Order By tableColumn ASC

Untested, but try:

select upper(tablecolumn) as upfield, *
from tableone
UNION
select upper(tablecolumn) as upfield, *
from tabletwo
order by upfield asc

What's happening here is that you're extracting the upper
cased field as a new field, then ordering on that new field.

You might find you have to refer to the field by number,
rather than name. eg:
   order by 1 asc

Cheers from MXDU

Paul Haddon
Technical Services Manager
Formstar Print Technologies



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