Antw: ORDER BY using specifc values

Ian McWilton wrote:

> ...
>
> INDEX | VALUE
> 1, A
> 2, B
> 3, B
> 4, C
> 5, B
>
> ...and what I want is for my queries result to be 
> ordered by VALUE with C put first in the list, then A, 
> then B.
> 
> Having investigated it appears that ORDER BY does not 
> seem to be any help as it restricts the ordering to ASC 
> or DESC.
> ...


I'm not sure, if I understood yor problem, but could the following be a solution:

create table sort_table (sf int, value char(1));
insert into sort_table(1,'C');
insert into sort_table(2,'A');
insert into sort_table(3,'B');

select y.INDEX, y.VALUE, s.sf
  from your_table y, sort_table s
  where y.value = s.value
  order by s.sf;

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Gerhard