order by bearing in mind seconds

hi,
How could I order by datetime type including the seconds?
Now I am using order by <field> and it' getting the values of this way:
2005-08-04 03:03:42.000
2005-08-04 04:00:33.000
2005-08-04 07:31:20.000
Instead of:
2005-08-04 07:31:20.000
2005-08-04 04:00:33.000
2005-08-04 03:03:42.000
Best wishes,Hi Enric,
I'm not sure what you think is wrong with the sorting that you get. It seems
perfectly valid.
Sorting by datetime includes ALL datetime elements (even the milisecconds).
If you want to sort ONLY by seconds, ingnoring the other parts, use:
order by datepart(second, dt)
BG, SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"Enric" <Enric@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi,
> How could I order by datetime type including the seconds?
> Now I am using order by <field> and it' getting the values of this way:
> 2005-08-04 03:03:42.000
> 2005-08-04 04:00:33.000
> 2005-08-04 07:31:20.000
> Instead of:
> 2005-08-04 07:31:20.000
> 2005-08-04 04:00:33.000
> 2005-08-04 03:03:42.000
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
>|||I don't understand the question. The first example IS ordered by time
including the seconds. Ordering by a DATETIME column always takes
account of the whole date and time value, unless you perform some other
manipulation of the value.
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||In order to accomplished you goad you presented you should just change the
sort order for that ?!
order by <col> DESC
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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"Enric" wrote:

> hi,
> How could I order by datetime type including the seconds?
> Now I am using order by <field> and it' getting the values of this way:
> 2005-08-04 03:03:42.000
> 2005-08-04 04:00:33.000
> 2005-08-04 07:31:20.000
> Instead of:
> 2005-08-04 07:31:20.000
> 2005-08-04 04:00:33.000
> 2005-08-04 03:03:42.000
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
>|||Thanks a lot to all,
"Jens Sü?meyer" wrote:
> In order to accomplished you goad you presented you should just change the
> sort order for that ?!
> order by <col> DESC
>
> --
> HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
> --
> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
> --
>
> "Enric" wrote:
>