I asked before, but got no answer, so I ask again, but refrase myself a little
Is it possible in myslq to do an order by before an group by? as far as I know, the order by will happen after the group by, and sort all the grouped rows(I assume that when grouping it just takes the first found unique row), but what I'd really would like to do is sort the results before grouping so that I can controle which rows are to be presented back to me... the only way right now for me is to skip the group by in mysql, and do an own group by in the program, but I guess that if it is possible to do in mysql it would be faster since there would atleast be less to transfer from mysql to my application (java/jdbc based) or are there other tricks I can use to get what I want? /Christian Andersson --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
