Re: Embedded SQL: ORDER BY

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-----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.

can you do a UNION with another file with the m.* syntax?
     select substr(myfield,1,2), m.* from myfile m order by
     1 UNION select count(substr,1,2) ???????? from myfile

Would this work? Is this the correct syntax even? Am I nutty for even
asking?





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