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Hi, all --

I have a few tables something like

  create table SURVEY
    ( SID int primary key not null auto_increment,
      SNAME varchar(20),
      QUESTION_ORDER varchar(20) ) ;
  create table SURVEY_QUESTION
    ( QID int primary key not null auto_increment,
      QBODY varchar(255),
      OPTION_ORDER varchar(20) ) ;
  create table SURVEY_OPTION
    ( OID int primary key not null auto_increment,
      OBODY varchar(255) ) ;

and in the QUESTION_ORDER field I store a list of numbers "12 13 21 14"
while in OPTION_ORDER it might be "432 435 435 550" or such.  I want to
do a select on all three (double left join, if I am starting to grasp
this stuff :-) ordered first by the QID as shown in QUESTION_ORDER and
then by the OID as shown in OPTION_ORDER.

Is there a way to tell my join-and-select statement the sort order based
on the contents of another field (but not simply sorting on that field)?


TIA & HAND

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