Re: How To Create On The Fly Sort Field

Can you try something like...

Select
Field1,
Case when fieldx = 'value1' then 1
When fieldx = 'value2' then 2
Else 3 end as mysort
From library/table
Order by 2

Thanks
George
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Hohlen, Kent" <Kent.Hohlen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:21:28
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: How To Create On The Fly Sort Field


Hello,

I'm trying to figure out a way to create a sort field that will have
different values based on the value of different fields in each record
retrieved by a SQL statement in a RPG program. For example, if the
record returned has a "P" in the hinge field, I want this record to have
a sort value of 3. Else if the height is greater then 72, then the sort
value should be a 2. Else if the width is greater then 48, then the
sort value should also be a 2. If none of these conditions are true,
then the sort field should have a value of 1. Then I would like to use
the sort field in the ORDER BY clause.

I'm not having any luck figuring out how to create the condition syntax
and getting the sort field to work.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Kent