Perfect, thanks for the 'tutorial.' After I saw your solution I realized that I was basically asking the same question as I did in How to sort a AoH reference, but I wasn't understanding the || as I stared at it. Now I see how it works in conjunction with the <=>. Copying code out of a book might get something to work, but it doesn't help in the long run unless it is truly understood.

Which is why I didn't want to rely solely on the SELECT...ORDER BY. (BTW, you are quite perceptive).


—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Re^2: Sorting AoH by two keys by bradcathey
in thread Sorting AoH by two keys by bradcathey

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