At 8:16 -0800 3/5/02, Sam Lam wrote: >I have a table like so : > >CREATE TABLE album_rank( > album_id INT NOT NULL, > rank INT NOT NULL, > KEY(album_id) >) > >I want to query on the album_id & get the results ordered by rank >but I want to avoid doing an ORDER BY in the query because of the >filesort that it usually triggers so I pre-ordered the rows in my >table by inserting them in the order I wanted with a CREATE TABLE >ordered SELECT * FROM unordered ORDER BY album_id, rank ASC. > >For some reason I get the data back in a different order. I've tried >ORDER BY album_id,rank ASC & DESC in case it's a FILO or FIFO. > >Is there some way that I can avoid doing an ORDER BY and get my >rows back ordered by album_id, rank they way I inserted them ?
No. That is the nature of relational databases. You might want to consider adding an AUTO_INCREMENT column, then inserting in the order you want them back. Then you can retrieve in that order by using an ORDER BY on the AUTO_INCREMENT column. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
