Possible to use SQL to sort by date but put null dates at the back of the results set?

Question

I have a bunch of tasks in a MySQL database, and one of the fields is \"deadline date\". Not every task has to have to a deadline date.

I\'d like to use SQL to sort the

Answer 1

Here's a solution using only standard SQL, not ISNULL(). That function is not standard SQL, and may not work on other brands of RDBMS.

SELECT * FROM myTable
WHERE ...
ORDER BY CASE WHEN myDate IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 0 END, myDate;