Arjen Lentz wrote:
> Hi Scott, Mark,
>
> On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 10:26, Scott McClintock wrote:
>
>>Two simple solutions:
>>
>>a)
>>SELECT count(software_name) software_count, software_name.....
>>order by software_count
>>
>>b)
>>
>>.... order by 1 .....
>
>
> That's evil. I believe the SQL standards committee is considering
> ripping that out.
>
I know :) Which is why its option b! But that aside, sometimes the
evil solution is the best solution... regardless of what the purists
say! (but not in this case ;)
regards
Scott
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