Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 07/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you really need to deal with this issue at the database design/data entry level. doing things on the sort to exclude (otherwise undefined) initial articles (as some have suggested) is very maintenance heavy as you have to update the sort p

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-06 Thread Børge Holen
On Monday 06 November 2006 08:15, clive wrote: > > Current code: > > $query = "SELECT subject FROM table ORDER BY subject asc"; > > $result = mysql_query($query); > > I dont seen any php code to do any sorting,just a mysql query, perhaps a > mysql list or maybe you should try doing it in php yours

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 06/11/06, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, November 5, 2006 7:13 am, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a list of subjects, such as "Linux", "Open Source", and "the > World Wide Web". The subjects are stored in a database and being > retrieved via php. I currently organize them alphab

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-06 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sun, November 5, 2006 7:13 am, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a list of subjects, such as "Linux", "Open Source", and "the > World Wide Web". The subjects are stored in a database and being > retrieved via php. I currently organize them alphabetically with SQL's > ORDER BY ASC argument, however, if

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-06 Thread Curt Zirzow
On 11/5/06, Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you used PostgreSQL I'd suggest a functional index and ordering on the function... Does MySQL have anything like this? CREATE FUNCTION fn(TEXT) RETURNS TEXT IMMUTABLE STRICT LANGUAGE SQL AS $$ SELECT reg

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-06 Thread tedd
At 3:13 PM +0200 11/5/06, Dotan Cohen wrote: I have a list of subjects, such as "Linux", "Open Source", and "the World Wide Web". The subjects are stored in a database and being retrieved via php. I currently organize them alphabetically with SQL's ORDER BY ASC argument, however, if there is a pr

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-05 Thread clive
Current code: $query = "SELECT subject FROM table ORDER BY subject asc"; $result = mysql_query($query); I dont seen any php code to do any sorting,just a mysql query, perhaps a mysql list or maybe you should try doing it in php yourself first. Not that I know the answer, but mysql does have

Re: [PHP] Sorting MySQL queries

2006-11-05 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-11-05 15:13:19 +0200: > I have a list of subjects, such as "Linux", "Open Source", and "the > World Wide Web". The subjects are stored in a database and being > retrieved via php. I currently organize them alphabetically with SQL's > ORDER BY ASC argument, however, if the