Hi All,
I am working on a query which in part is
CASE WHEN extract(dow from tbl_detail.ship_by_date) = 0 THEN 'Sunday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text WHEN
extract(dowfrom tbl_detail.ship_by_date) = 1 THEN 'Monday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text WHEN extract(dow
fromtbl_detail.ship_by_date) = 2 THEN 'Tuesday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text WHEN extract(dow from
tbl_detail.ship_by_date)= 3 THEN 'Wednesday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text WHEN extract(dow from
tbl_detail.ship_by_date)= 4 THEN 'Thursday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text WHEN extract(dow from
tbl_detail.ship_by_date)= 5 THEN 'Friday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text WHEN extract(dow from
tbl_detail.ship_by_date)= 6 THEN 'Saturday ' || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text
END AS sort_by_string
Is there a better way to do this? The CASE seems inefficient and wordy
but perhaps not.
I was hoping for
day_name(tbl_detail.ship_by_date) || tbl_detail.ship_by_date::text AS
sort_by_string
but AFAIK day_name(date) or something like it is merely my fantasy. ;-)
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Kind Regards,
Keith