I found the problem. User error, it's been a long Sunday.
Sorry!
-Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 11:00 PM
Subject: Very odd order by behavior
> FreeBSD 4.2, PostgreSQL 7.0.3
>
> The attached file is the schema and data to the app_degrees table. Now
check
> this out :
>
> select * from app_degrees gives (expected) :
>
> degree_id | abbr | description
> -----------+--------+------------------------------------------
> 1818 | ACC | Accounting [ACC]
> 1819 | ACD | Acoustics [ACD]
> 1820 | ADV | Advertising [ADV]
>
> select * from app_degrees order by abbr ASC gives :
>
> degree_id | abbr | description
> -----------+--------+------------------------------------------
> 1818 | ACC | Accounting [ACC]
> 1818 | ACC | Accounting [ACC]
> 1819 | ACD | Acoustics [ACD]
> 1819 | ACD | Acoustics [ACD]
> 1820 | ADV | Advertising [ADV]
> 1820 | ADV | Advertising [ADV]
>
> Either I'm seeing double or something isn't right here :-)
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> -Mitch
>
>
>
