Re: Re: Order question

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-02-13T23:53:49Z
Lists: pgsql-general
"Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net> writes:
> I just set the row with j.inv_id to 1, I'd like it to be ordered above the
> row with j.jobtitle in it -- is that possible?

Not unless you add a field with an update sequence number, or some such,
and then explicitly use that field as a second ORDER BY key.  The system
does not maintain anything like that for you --- and should not, IMHO,
since it'd be useless overhead for apps that didn't care.

			regards, tom lane