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RE: order by

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 23:29:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DB755.20040101232931@fatcity.com>


> Aside from SQL brain-teasers, I cannot imagine a practical
> use for ORDER BY
> <<constant real number>>.

If your real number is an integer, then that would mean order by the column in that position in the select list. Sorry If I missed this.

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