On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 03:32:13PM +0500, Tariq Murtaza wrote: > I want to achieve recordset like below (sorting category by Name and > including 'Others' at the end), > I want to do that by single query ;), any idea??? > > > ID Category > ------------------------ > 6 biochemistry > 62 Commerce > 95 chemistry > 2 Engg > 87 Ecommerce > 7 math > 45 physics > 1 Software Engg > 5 Others >
Try something like this: SELECT id, category from mytable order by concat(if(id=5,'B','A'),category); Only problem is that it won't optimize, so use this on small tables only. Regards, Fred. -- Fred van Engen XB Networks B.V. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Televisieweg 2 tel: +31 36 5462400 1322 AC Almere fax: +31 36 5462424 The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
