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Creating ordered lists that ignore the word 'The' at the start of phrases

What is the best way to achieve alphabetically ordered lists that will
index phrases starting with 'The' as if the word was at the end rather
than the start of the phrase?

Michael

Dec 23 '05 #1
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CREATE TABLE Titles(
Title varchar(100));

INSERT INTO TITLES VALUES('The World According to
Garp'),('Casabl anca'),('The Day After Tomorrow');

SELECT
CASE
WHEN SUBSTRING(Title ,1,4) = 'The '
THEN CONCAT(SUBSTRIN G(Title,5,LENGT H(Title) - 4),',The')
ELSE Title
END as T
FROM
Titles
ORDER BY T ASC

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What is the best way to achieve alphabetically ordered lists that will
index phrases starting with 'The' as if the word was at the end rather
than the start of the phrase?

Michael

Dec 23 '05 #2

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