Re: Embedded SQL: ORDER BY

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: M. Lazarus <mlazarus@ttec.com>
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, June 29, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: Embedded SQL: ORDER BY


>Bruce,
>
>At 6/29/01 01:48 PM -0400, you wrote:
>>Expicit, no....
>>
>>  select substr(myfield,1,2), m.* from myfile m order by
substr(myfield,1,2)
>
>  Will this work?
>
>  select substr(myfield,1,2) as NewField, m.* from myfile m order by
NewField


is this a test?

the answer is no. NewField is not IN the myfile, but substr() is. However,
if you say "order by 1" then it WILL work with the as.


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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