The first thing I'm thinking of is making 2 queries. One with <snippet>WHERE fname <> ""</snippet> and another one with <snippet>WHERE fname = ""</snippet>. Thw first one would return everything with a 'name' and the second one without the names.
It seems "rude" but I can't think of something else for the mo'. I'm sure somebody on the list will have a 'cleaner' proposal. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Sorting ADO recordsets > > > I've got one that's really buggin me: > > I have a recordset that contains contact info, nearly all of > which is optional, unfortunately. What I am doing is sorting > by the last name, then the first name, then the email address > and plunking these into a select list. > > What I end up with (in ascending order) is a bunch of email > addresses at the top (those without first or last names in > the db), then first names (no last name in the db) then the > neatly ordered first and last names. > > What I'd like is to have the records with a first and last > name come first, then the ones with just first names, then > the ones with only an email address. > > My code looks like this: > > select contactID, (fname + ' ' + lname) as fullname, email > from contacts > where active = 1 > order by lname, fname, email > > would someone kindly throw me a bone? > > Thanks, > Stephen > http://www.mechavox.com > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK > pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change > subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
