[TriLUG] SQL-fu help request

[Alan Porter via TriLUG]

 > I may have to do multiple queries (open, then closed) and some surgery
 > to join them in to a set, but that might be complicated.

Repeat after me...

     You're almost always better off letting database do the sorting
     and filtering.

Doing it yourself after the query is usually slower, more complicated, 
and prone to error.

In this case, it sounds like Igor has you taken care of.  Good advice,
that guy usually has.

Alan