Re: Order By for aggregate functions (Simulating Group_concat)

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:04:12AM +0100, Charlotte Pollock wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I'm trying to create a aggregate function similar 9but not identical) to
> mysql's group_concat.
>
> What I want to be able to do is pass and order by field to the aggregate so
> I can be certain I get the list of strings in the correct order.

Order them before the aggregate?

SELECT aggregate(field) FROM (SELECT field FROM xxx ORDER BY wherever) x;

Hope this helps,
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