Re: [GENERAL] Can || be used in ORDER BY?

create table tablename ( field1 text, field2 text);
CREATE
insert into tablename values('bottom','yes');
INSERT 2282464 1
insert into tablename values('top','no');
INSERT 2282465 1
select field1,field2 from tablename order by (field1||'-top');

field1|field2
------+------
bottom|yes
top |no
(2 rows)

José

Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

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> I would like to do this:
>
> select
> field1,field2
> from tablename
> order by (field1||'-top')
>
> ie. order the records by the contents of field1 with the text "-top"
> concatenated to it. It doesn't work, I get a parse error.
>
> Can anyone offer advice?
>
> Thanks.
>
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