| From: | Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Matt Arnilo S(dot) Baluyos \(Mailing Lists\)" <matt(dot)baluyos(dot)lists(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Sorting distinct dates by year and month respectively |
| Date: | 2006-06-07 15:01:38 |
| Message-ID: | 20060607150138.12804.qmail@web31815.mail.mud.yahoo.com |
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> Now, I'd like to get only the year and month parts but I want them
> ordered by year and then by month in ascending order. I'm using the
> query below, but it doesn't order the results the way I want it.
>
> gsin=> SELECT DISTINCT date_part('year', article_pubdate),
> date_part('month', article_pubdate) FROM articles GROUP BY
> date_part('year', article_pubdate), date_part('month',
> article_pubdate) ORDER BY date_part('year', article_pubdate),
> date_part('month', article_pubdate) DESC;
OOPS,
Sorry,
I previous email, did not really answer your question.
your year column is sorted ascending ( small to great).
your month column is sorted decending ( great to small).
you should specify asc or desc for both columns to insure the desired result.
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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