Re: INTERSECT AND ORDER BY

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Gary DeSorbo <isasitis(at)uchicago(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: INTERSECT AND ORDER BY
Date: 2001-06-13 19:28:57
Message-ID: 20010613142857.A22695@wolff.to
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You probably want to use:
SELECT date_worked, hours_worked
FROM hours
WHERE date_worked < '8/15/2001'
and date_worked > '8/8/2001'
ORDER BY date_worked

On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:59:27AM -0700,
Gary DeSorbo <isasitis(at)uchicago(dot)edu> wrote:
> I am trying to use the query below:
>
> SELECT date_worked, hours_worked
> FROM hours
> WHERE date_worked < '8/15/2001'
> INTERSECT
> SELECT date_worked, hours_worked
> FROM hours
> WHERE date_worked > '8/8/2001'
> ORDER BY date_worked
>
> but Postgres does not seem to like the ORDER BY clause. Does
> anyone know if it is possible to use ORDER BY in conjunction with an
> INTERSECT statement? Does anyone have any alternative suggestions? I
> cannot use a temporary table because this is a Web-based application.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Gary
>
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