Re: [GENERAL] Can || be used in ORDER BY?

[Jose Soares]

create table tablename ( field1 text, field2 text);
CREATE
insert into tablename values('bottom','yes');
INSERT 2282464 1
insert into tablename values('top','no');
INSERT 2282465 1
select field1,field2 from tablename order by (field1||'-top');
field1|field2
------+------
bottom|yes
top   |no
(2 rows)
 
José
 
Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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I would like to do this:
                       
select
                       
field1,field2
                       
from tablename
                       
order by (field1||'-top')
ie. order the records by the contents of field1 with the text "-top"
concatenated to it.  It doesn't work, I get a parse error.
Can anyone offer advice?
Thanks.
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