Re: re-order a sql result

["Mark Rees" <mrees@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

""Ross"" <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D9.31.61486.D7A8BD24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have a query
>
> $query = "SELECT * FROM sheet1 WHERE '$filter' LIKE '$search_field%'"
>

Simply requery the database for each search. For example, this orders the
results by surname from a-z

 $query = "SELECT * FROM sheet1 WHERE '$filter' LIKE '$search_field%'
ORDER BY surname ASC";


>
>
> This prints out a table
>
>  while  ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
>
> // this just fills the empty cells
>
> if ($row['fname']==""){
> $row['fname']="&nbsp;";
> }
> if ($row['sname']==""){
> $row['sname']="&nbsp;";
> }
> if ($row['organisation']==""){
> $row['organisation']="&nbsp;";
> }
>
> ?>
>
>     <td width="71" class="right_line">      <?=$row['fname'];?>     </td>
>     <td width="45" class="right_line"><?=$row['sname'];?></td>
>  <td width="437" class="right_line"><?=$row['organisation'];?></td>
>  <? if (!$row['email']==""){
>  ?>
>     <td width="165" class="end_cell">  <div align="left"><a
>
href="view_details.php?id=<?=$row['id'];?>&sname=<?=$row['sname'];?>">detail
s</a>
> | <a
href="edit.php?id=<?=$row['id'];?>&sname=<?=$row['sname'];?>">edit</a>
> | <a
> href="delete.php?id=<?=$row['id'];?>&sname=<?=$row['sname'];?>">delete</a>
I
> <a href="mailto:<?=$row['email']; ?>">email</a></div></td>
>  <?
>  }
>  else {
>  ?>
>  <td width="171" class="end_cell">  <div align="left"><a
>
href="view_details.php?id=<?=$row['id'];?>&sname=<?=$row['sname'];?>">detail
s</a>
> | <a
href="edit.php?id=<?=$row['id'];?>&sname=<?=$row['sname'];?>">edit</a>
> | <a
> href="delete.php?id=<?=$row['id'];?>&sname=<?=$row['sname'];?>">delete</a>
I
> <a href="mailto:<?=$row['email']; ?>">empty</a></div></td>
>  <?
>  }
>  ?>
>
>
>
> </tr>
>  <?
>  }
>  }
>  ?>
>
>
>
> but I have the three headings  at the top which I want to use to re-order
> the results alphabetically. So when I click on surname it will re-reorder
> them aphebetically (z-a) and when I click on it again it will reverse it
> (a-z)
>
>     <td class="right_line"><strong>Firstname</a></strong></td>
>     <td class="right_line"><strong>Surname</strong></td>
>     <td class="right_line"><strong>Organisation</strong></td>
>
>
> hope this is clear.
>
> Ross

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