choronologically

[mbraj]

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The format is date/time
When i run the statement :

SELECT TempImport.DATE_In, TempImport.DATE_out
FROM TempImport
ORDER BY TempImport.DATE_In, TempImport.DATE_out;

I get these result... which is actually the wrong result....
DATE_In DATE_out
24/7/2006 26/7/2006
24/7/2006 27/7/2006
24/7/2006 4/8/2006
26/7/2006 25/7/2006
26/7/2006 25/7/2006
26/7/2006 25/7/2006
26/7/2006 26/7/2006
26/7/2006 26/7/2006
26/7/2006 26/7/2006
26/7/2006 27/7/2006
26/7/2006 27/7/2006
26/7/2006 1/8/2006
26/7/2006 1/8/2006
28/7/2006 28/7/2006
30/7/2006 26/7/2006
31/7/2006 28/7/2006
31/7/2006 1/8/2006
1/8/2006 1/8/2006
1/8/2006 4/8/2006
2/8/2006 27/7/2006
4/8/2006 26/7/2006
4/8/2006 31/7/2006
4/8/2006 3/8/2006


It's suppose to sort according to dates in a choronologicaly. The bolded one
is wrong results. its suppose to be this way :

DATE_In DATE_out
24/7/2006 26/7/2006
24/7/2006 27/7/2006
24/7/2006 4/8/2006
26/7/2006 25/7/2006
26/7/2006 25/7/2006
26/7/2006 25/7/2006
26/7/2006 26/7/2006
26/7/2006 26/7/2006
26/7/2006 26/7/2006
26/7/2006 27/7/2006
26/7/2006 27/7/2006
26/7/2006 1/8/2006
26/7/2006 1/8/2006
4/8/2006 26/7/2006
30/7/2006 26/7/2006
28/7/2006 28/7/2006
31/7/2006 28/7/2006
31/7/2006 1/8/2006
1/8/2006 1/8/2006
1/8/2006 4/8/2006
2/8/2006 27/7/2006
4/8/2006 31/7/2006
4/8/2006 3/8/2006

The dates are in two different fields. I am supposed to sort them in
choronologically.

 

[Marshall Barton]

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Please post in text format. My newsreader does not render
html so I can't see your bolded line.

In any case, your first list is in ascending order by the
dateIn field and your second list appears to have the one
line in the wrong place.

Maybe you have a different definition of "chronological"
order??

 

[Ken Sheridan]

It looks like you want to sort by the earlier of the two dates:

SELECT TempImport.DATE_In, TempImport.DATE_out
FROM TempImport
ORDER BY IIF(TempImport.DATE_In, < TempImport.DATE_out, TempImport.DATE_In,
TempImport.DATE_out);

But how can a date out be earlier than a date in?

Ken Sheridan
Stafford, England