SELECT ... WHERE Category <> 'others' UNION SELECT ... WHERE Category='others'
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tariq Murtaza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:12 AM > To: Fred van Engen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Select and Sort? > > > 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 > > Tariq > > 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. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
