Orderby IN sql Statement

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i am working with access database in vb 6
i want to conditional order by in select command with a varriable value

exp
dim sortonname as Boolean

i want to order by according to varriable if true then
order by name else default

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select * from students iif(sortonname=true,order by name,order by city(default))

Posted 12-May-12 20:38pm

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2012-05-12T21:00:00

Solution 1

Don't have access at hand to test this, but you could try something like

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select * from students order by iif(sortonname=true, name, city)

Posted 12-May-12 21:00pm

Wendelius

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2012-05-12T21:13:00

Solution 2

Assuming that you set sortonname as a VB variable, pass it though to Access as a parameter (@SortOnName below) and try this:

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IF @SortOnName=0
   SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY city
ELSE
   SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY name

Posted 12-May-12 21:13pm

OriginalGriff

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Maciej Los 13-May-12 4:55am

Good answer! +5