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Thank you for reply !  

Yes it works !  
>  Tue Apr 05 2016 11:06:52 AM CEST from "Graham Holden"
><SQLite at AldursLair.com>  Subject: Re: [sqlite] How to order by absolute 
>value
>?
>
>  Change "select abs(num)" in your second example to "select num" and you
>should be good. I'm guessing in your first example the ORDER BY only applies
>to the last SELECT.
> 
> Graham.
> 
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Domingo Alvarez Duarte <sqlite-mail at dev.dadbiz.es> 
> Date: 05/04/2016 09:47 (GMT+00:00) 
> To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> 
> Subject: [sqlite] How to order by absolute value ? 
> 
> Hello !? 
> 
> I want to achieve this:? 
> 
> select 1 as num
> union
> select 3 as num
> union
> select -2 as num
> 
> order by abs(num) -- result [1, -2, 3]? 
> 
> But it doesn't work this works but doesn't show what I want:? 
> 
> select abs(num)
> from (
> select 1 as num
> union
> select 3 as num
> union
> select -2 as num
> )
> 
> order by abs(num) -- result [1,2,3]? 
> 
> ?? 
> 
> I know I can duplicate the column value but there is a way to do it without
> duplicating ?? 
> 
> ?? 
> 
> Cheers !
> 
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