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Ordering data from SQL table


Sharkadder

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Hi there,

 

I have an SQL table which has a field within it that holds data within a row. The field holds data for outcomes which can be listed as follows:

Outcome 1

1.1

1.2

Outcome 2

2.1

2.2

1.3

Outcome 4

4.1

4.2

Outcome 3

3.1

1.4

 

etc.

 

Basically, they are not in order as people have been typing them into the database table in a random order. Is there a way i can get it so that it shows everything to do with outcome 1 under outcome 1 etc. once i pull the rows from the database?

 

e.g.

Outcome 1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

Outcome 2

2.1

2.2 etc.

 

I have tried assending and decsending orders but they obviously show the numeric data first. Currently i am having to use several foreach loops in PHP to sort out the ordering and would like a more efficient way of doing this. Was not sure if i could do a command in MySQL direct. I am using MySQL 5.0

 

Many thanks

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You should add a purely numeric field in the database table by which to order these which gets determined as you insert the data into the database. What does your table structure look like?

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Hi there,

It is ok i sorted this now, happens that i had a parent outcome id field in my table and so each sub-outcome had a parent id which was linked to the main outcome ID. All i did was get the main outcome ID's from the database in ascending order, and then search for each sub-criteria who had that main outcome ID as their parent...then i was able to capture the information in the order i needed.

 

Many thanks,

 

Mark

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