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3/12/2010 3:35 AM

Ton Hermes

Joined: 1/6/2005

Posts: 608

Sorting a table

Hi,

I have 2 table's with sales information.
Out this tables I want to filter the monthly sales.
So far I have make this statement.

Select A1.orderdate, A2.quantity, itemdesc LEN(itemdesc) AS lenght
from nb_store_orders A1, nb_store_orderdetails A2
WHERE A1.OrderId = A2.OrderId
AND DATEPART(yyyy,A1.orderdate) = '2010' AND DATEPART(mm,A1.orderdate) = '02'
ORDER BY A2.ItemDesc ASC

The field "itemdesc" consist of an itemdescription with a partnumber connected to it
like: itemdescription.PN1234
Now I want to sort this on the last 6 chars of itemdesc. (that is the partnumber)

ODER BY SUBSTRING(A2.ItemDesc, LEN(A2.ItemDesc) - 6, 6) ASC

This is not working.
Is there anybody who can explain to me how to do this?
How to isolate the partnumber from this string?

With regards, Ton Hermes

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3/12/2010 4:21 AM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: Sorting a table

Select O.orderdate, D.quantity, D.itemdesc, SUBSTRING(D.ItemDesc, LEN(D.ItemDesc-6,6)) PartNumber FROM nb_store_orders O INNER JOIN nb_store_orderdetails O ON O.OrderId = D.OrderId WHERE DATEPART(yyyy,O.orderdate) = '2010' AND DATEPART(mm,O.orderdate) = '02' ORDER BY PartNumber ASC should work.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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3/12/2010 5:07 PM

Mike Riley

Joined: 5/5/2006

Posts: 1138

Re: Sorting a table

How about RIGHT(ItemDesc,4)?

3/17/2010 3:39 AM

Ton Hermes

Joined: 1/6/2005

Posts: 608

Re: Sorting a table

Hi,

Yes, RIGHT(itemdesc,4) works.
Thanks,

Regards, Ton

Art is hard work, inspiration is the cream on top of it. See my watercolors at www.watermansite.com and my enamel art at www.watermanshop.com

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