try:
select *
from
(select column1, column2
from table1
union
select column1, column2
from table2)
order by column1;
Chris Seline <seline_at_2wrongs.com> wrote in message
news:38060D9A.69E16EA7_at_2wrongs.com...
> I have switched from using one table to two for my queries, but I have
> run into a problem using order by
>
> I would like to use this query across two tables
> select word,num from wordtable order by -num;
>
> like this
>
> select word,num from wordtable union select word,num from wordtable2
> order by -num;
>
> but it says that "ORDER BY item must be the number of a SELECT-list
> expression"
>
> the same query using num instead of -num works fine, but I just need it
> to come out in the
> reverse order
>
> also,
> select word,-num from wordtable union select word,num from wordtable2
> order by num;
> does not work either
>
> anyone who knows how to solve this is cool
>
Received on Thu Oct 14 1999 - 15:04:41 CDT
