Re: INSERT/SELECT with ORDER BY

Stephan Szabo writes:
>
> Unless I'm horribly misreading the spec, this is correct.
> ORDER BY is used in reference to cursor definitions and
> direct select statements, but is not part of query expressions
> which is what the INSERT INTO references.
>
> <insert statement> ::=
> INSERT INTO <table name>
> <insert columns and source>
>
> <insert columns and source> ::=
> [ <left paren> <insert column list> <right paren> ]
> <query expression>
> | DEFAULT VALUES
>
> <insert column list> ::= <column name list>
>
> But, this may be a useful extension to allow, at least with the
> existance of LIMIT.
>
> Stephan Szabo
> sszabo(at)bigpanda(dot)com
>
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Bob Rivoir wrote:
> >
> > Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > I got the following error message when I tried to do an INSERT using
> > SELECT ... ORDER BY:
> >
> > ERROR: ORDER BY is not allowed in INSERT/SELECT

Is 7.1 able to do INSERT/SELECT with ORDER BY and LIMIT ?

Dirk