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vb89
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9 Posts

Posted - 2008-09-22 : 18:07:49

I have the following SQL statement


 CURSOR player_cursor IS
    select *
    from customer_data.cd_soccer_players p
    where p.team_id = tID
    and p.league_id = p_leagueID
    and p.status = 'Y';

I would like to order the following statement by a column called player_position. Player position has four different options: goalie, forward, center, defense. I would like to have the player be ordered in the following order:
1. Forward
2. Defense
3. Goalie
4. Center

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Mapper
Starting Member

12 Posts

Posted - 2008-09-22 : 18:16:33

Use a case statement to create a new field called "OrderStatus"

CASE WHEN Player-Position = "Forward
Order Status = 1
C W PP = "Defense"
Order Status = 2

Then Order on the Order Status Field.

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Mapper
Starting Member

12 Posts

Posted - 2008-09-22 : 18:22:27

Sorry I just read that and it made no sense.

Try this
SELECT *
FROM customer_data.cd_soccer_players p
WHERE p.team_id = tID
AND p.league_id = p_leagueID
AND p.status = 'Y'
ORDER BY
CASE WHEN p.player_position = 'Forward' THEN 1
CASE WHEN p.player_position = 'Defense' THEN 2
CASE WHEN p.player_position = 'Goalie' THEN 3
ELSE 4
END;

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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-09-23 : 00:15:06

quote:
Originally posted by Mapper

Sorry I just read that and it made no sense.

Try this
SELECT *
FROM customer_data.cd_soccer_players p
WHERE p.team_id = tID
AND p.league_id = p_leagueID
AND p.status = 'Y'
ORDER BY
CASE WHEN p.player_position = 'Forward' THEN 1
~~CASE~~ WHEN p.player_position = 'Defense' THEN 2
~~CASE~~ WHEN p.player_position = 'Goalie' THEN 3
ELSE 4
END;

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no need to repeat CASE keyword each time

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