MYSQL DATABASE BLA BLA BLA (I really hate that filter) Ravi Raman writes: > if i'm understanding what you mean, it seems like you're getting a little > too complicated. > > select Title, IF(Title LIKE "%TOMMY%", 1, 0) as check > from inv where... > ... order by check desc, Title Even simpler would be SELECT Title FROM ... ORDER BY !!LOCATION(Title, 'Tommy'), Title although I don't know if it would be any faster. //C -- Carl Troein - Círdan / Istari-PixelMagic - UIN 16353280 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://pixelmagic.dyndns.org/~cirdan/ Amiga user since '89, and damned proud of it too. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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