I can see I'm going to have to review the manual pages on ORDER BY; sorry, I didn't realize that MySQL's ORDER BY allowed these sorts of expressions.
I use DB2 most of the time and I was speaking on the assumption that MySQL's capabilities in the ORDER BY were very close to those of DB2, which is usually true. Not this time though! Rhino ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hassan Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack Lauman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: Re: ORDER by Question > Jack Lauman wrote: > > > SELECT.... ORDER BY Subscriber ASC, Name ASC; > > > > How do I change this so that if the 'Name' field begins with "The " that > > the sort begins on the second word? In other words I'd like to be able > > to return the word "The" but have it sort on whatever the second word is. > > SELECT... ORDER BY Subscriber ASC, TRIM(LEADING "The " FROM Name) ASC; > > :: should work :-) > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-938-0567 === http://webtuitive.com > > dream. code. > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 24/06/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 24/06/2005 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
