"Mitch Vincent" wrote:
>I need to order search results by the two dates. Here is the problem..
>
>They want whichever date is the most recent to appear on top.. If I do
>'order by resubmitted desc,created desc' I get something like this :
>
>Applicant Re-submitted Created
>A 06/05/2000 12/31/1999
>B 06/05/2000 12/31/1999
>C 05/17/2000 02/09/2000
>D 05/17/2000 01/21/2000
>E 05/11/2000 01/27/2000
>F 05/11/2000 01/21/2000
>G 05/01/2000 12/31/1999
>H 04/28/2000 01/28/2000
>I 04/28/2000 01/12/2000
>J 05/23//2000
>
>
>Ok, see applicant J? I need him to be above C..
select * from table
order by case
when resubmitted > created then resubmitted
else created
end
desc;
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