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Sorting on part of expr descending
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Hi,
I need to sort report on 3 fields:
FIELD1 + UNIT_PRICE + FIELD2
FIELD1 and FIELD2 are CHAR types. UNIT_PRICE is DECIMAL
The key is that the sort on UNIT_PRICE would be descending. That is, the higher number appearing at the top. I tried the following:
I need to sort report on 3 fields:
FIELD1 + UNIT_PRICE + FIELD2
FIELD1 and FIELD2 are CHAR types. UNIT_PRICE is DECIMAL
The key is that the sort on UNIT_PRICE would be descending. That is, the higher number appearing at the top. I tried the following:
FIELD1 + STR(1000000 - UNIT_PRICE,10,2) + FIELD2But it does not seem to work. Or does not work all the time. What am I doing wrong?
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"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." W.Somerset Maugham