On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 04:12:22PM +0500, Tariq Murtaza wrote: > Thanks for help..... > here is another solution for that... > > SELECT if (Category = 'others', '999', 0) as priority, ID, Category FROM > TableName > ORDER BY priority, Category >
That's right. It has the same problem regarding optimization and it gives you another column in your result set (which you may or may not want). Regards, Fred. > Fred van Engen wrote: > >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
