Re: [SQL] case-insensitive SORT BY?

Here is a 6.4 tidbit.

select name where name like '%clinton%' order by upper(name), name;

is allowed. (i.e. functions are allowed in the ORDER clause) Like you
said, the the second attribute in the ORDER clause will be the tie breaker.

Chris Johnson wrote:

> Perhaps this should go in the FAQ? I asked it myself several months ago.
>
> Also note that you probably want to sort by key followed by name ( ie ...
> sort by key, name) so that you don't run the risk of getting something
> like:
>
> a
> A
> B
> b
>
> Chris
> --
> I am at one with my duality.
>
> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Richard Lynch wrote:
>
> > Cheat. Get the name back, *AND* a second "field" with the name in upper
> > case, and then sort by that upper-cased name. EG:
> >
> > "select name, upper(name) as key where name like '%clinton%' sort by key"
> >
> > At 3:53 PM 9/22/98, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> > >I am trying to ensure that when I do a SORT BY I get back the results in
> > >normal sorted order instead of case-sensitive order. The WHERE clause
> > >contains a LIKE '%..%' so I cannot use UPPER here in a way that does
> > >what I want.
> > >
> > >e.g. , given
> > >
> > >A, B, b, a
> > >
> > >as data, the normal SORT BY behavior returns
> > >
> > >a
> > >b
> > >A
> > >B
> > >
> > >How do I make it return
> > >
> > >a
> > >A
> > >b
> > >B
> > >
> > >instead?
> >
> > --
> > --
> > -- "TANSTAAFL" Rich lynch(at)lscorp(dot)com
> >
> >
> >