Re: conditional FROM

Richard Klingler <richard@klingler.net> wrote:

> This seems to do the trick...
> 
> select arp.ip, arp.mac, arp.port2time, arp.time, arp.hostname, arp.vlan 
> from arp, port, node
> where
>     arp.arp2port = port.portid and port.name = 'Fa1/0/1'
>     and port.port2node = node.nodeid
>     and node.name like 'nodename%'
> union
> select arp.ip, arp.mac, arp.port2time, arp.time, arp.hostname, arp.vlan 
> from arp, port, card, node
> where
>     arp.arp2port = port.portid and port.name = 'Fa1/0/1'
>     and port.port2card = card.cardid
>     and card.card2node = node.nodeid
>     and node.name like 'nodename%'
> ;
> 
> Though I just can't order the rows anymore by inet(arp.ip) anymore...
> Any hints on my ordering isn't anylonger possible?

select * from (insert the query above here) foo order by ...

Regards...

Andreas
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